Albania

Criminal Code of the Republic of Albania

1 General Part

CHAPTER II- CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

Article 21 Exercising a right or fulfilling a duty

A person bears no criminal responsibility if he acts to exercise rights or fulfill duties determined by law or an order ruled by a competent authority, unless the order is obviously unlawful.

When the criminal act is committed as a result of an unlawful order, then the person who has given such an order shall be held responsible.

Keywords

Manifestly unlawful order
Superior orders - national proceedings



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