BOOK I
GENERAL PART
TITLE II
ON CRIME
CHAPTER V
CAUSES FOR EXCLUSION
SECTION II
CAUSES FOR EXCLUSION OF GUILT
Article 49. Exculpatory state of need
1. Any person who commits an unlawful act required to avert a real danger, which cannot be otherwise removed, which threatens the life, physical integrity, honor or freedom of the perpetrator or a third party, where, depending on the circumstances of the case, it is not reasonable to require any different behavior of the same, acts without guilt.
2. Whenever the danger threatens legal interests other than those referred to in the preceding subarticle, and the assumptions mentioned therein are met, the penalty may be extraordinarily mitigated or the perpetrator may be held exempt from punishment.
Necessity - national proceedings
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