Tajikistan

Criminal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan (Excerpt)

GENERAL PART

SECTION II. CRIME

CHAPTER 8. Circumstances Excluding Criminality of Acts

Article 45. Execution of an Order or Instruction

(1) Any injury to the interests protected by the criminal law caused by a person while executing an order or other commands, issued in the established order, is not deemed to be a crime. A person, who issued an illegal order or command, bears criminal liability for such injury.

(2) A person, who committed an intentional crime by order or other command being aware of its criminal nature shall be criminally liable on a universal basis.

(3) A person shall not be criminally liable when refusing to execute an unlawful order.

Keywords

Manifestly unlawful order
Superior orders - national proceedings



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