occurred, which constitutes a feature of a prohibited act carrying a less severe penalty, shall be subject to
criminal liability under the provision regarding the circumstance warranting this lesser liability.
Article 29. Whoever commits a prohibited act in the justified but mistaken conviction that a
circumstance has occurred which excludes unlawfulness or guilt, shall not commit an offence; if the
mistake of the perpetrator is not justifiable, the court may apply extraordinary mitigation of the penalty.
Article 30. Whoever commits a prohibited act while being justifiably unaware of its unlawfulness,
shall not commit an offence; if the mistake of the perpetrator is not justifiable, the court may apply an
extraordinary mitigation of the penalty.
Article 31. § 1. Whoever, at the time of the commission of a prohibited act, was incapable of
recognising its significance or controlling his conduct because of a mental disease, mental deficiency or
other mental disturbance, shall not commit an offence.
§ 2. If at the time of the commission of an offence the ability to recognise the significance of the
act or to control one's conduct was diminished to a significant extent, the court may apply an
extraordinary mitigation of the penalty.
§ 3. The provisions of § 1 and 2 shall not be applied when the perpetrator has brought himself to a
state of insobriety or intoxication, causing the exclusion or reduction of accountability which he has or
could have foreseen.
Chapter IV. Penalties
Article 32. The penalties are:
1) fine,
2) restriction of liberty
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