Spain

Criminal Code

BOOK I
General provisions on felonies and misdemeanours, the persons responsible, the penalties, security measures and other consequences of criminal offences

TITLE I
On felonies and misdemeanours

CHAPTER II
On the causes of exclusion from criminal accountability

Article 20

The following persons shall not be criminally accountable :

3. Whoever, due to suffering alterations in perception from the time of birth, or from childhood, has a seriously altered his awareness of reality.

Keywords

Unique provision - defences
Other defences - national proceedings



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