Bosnia and Herzegovina

Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina

GENERAL PART

V C H A P T E R F I V E
CRIMINAL OFFENCE

Force and threat
Article 25a.

(1) An offence shall not be considered criminal if committed under the influence of irresistible force (vis absoluta).
(2) A less severe sanction may be imposed on a perpetrator who committed a criminal offence under the influence of a resistible force or a threat (vis compulsiva or vis moralis).
(3) In the case referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article, the person who applied an irresistible force shall be deemed the perpetrator.

Keywords

Duress - national proceedings



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