Book One: 4 General Provisions
Part One: Felonies and Misdemeanours Title One: Scope of Application
Title Two: Criminal Liability
Art. 15
If any person is unlawfully attacked or threatened with imminent attack, the person attacked and any other person are entitled to ward off the attack by means that are reasonable in the circumstances.
Art. 16
If a person in defending himself exceeds the limits of self-defence as defined in Article 15 and in doing so commits an offence, the court shall reduce the sentence.
2 If a person in defending himself exceeds the limits of self-defence as a result of excusable excitement or panic in reaction to the attack, he does not commit an offence.
Self-defence - national proceedings
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