Tajikistan

Criminal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan (Excerpt)

GENERAL PART

SECTION II. CRIME

CHAPTER 8. Circumstances Excluding Criminality of Acts

Article 44. Justified Risk

(1) Any injury to the interests protected by the present Code in order to achieve a socially useful goal when the risk is justified , shall not be deemed to be a crime.

(2) Risk shall be deemed to be justified if there was no other way to achieve the goal other than by acts (omission) containing a certain risk, and a person, who did it, took all necessary measures to avoid the injury caused against the interests protected by the present Code.

(3) Risk shall be deemed not to be justified if it wittingly implied a threat against people's lives, ecological calamity, or other grave consequences.

Keywords

Unique provision - defences
Other defences - national proceedings



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