Article 8
(1) A criminal offence shall be considered to have been committed at a place
where the principal acted and was obliged to act or where the consequence of the act
occurred in whole or in part, and in case of attempts also at a place where the
consequence of an attempted act according to his wrongful intent should have or could
have occurred.
(2) An accomplice shall be considered to have committed an offence also at a
place where he acted in the capacity of an accomplice.
Petty Offences
Article 9
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Article 10
(1) An act committed in legitimate self-defense shall not constitute a criminal
offence.
(2) Legitimate self-defense is such defense which is absolutely necessary for one
to defend his good and good of another person from a concurrent or imminent unlawful
attack.
(3) Where a perpetrator exceeded the limits of legitimate self-defense, he may
receive a lighter punishment, and where the use of excessive power was caused by strong
excitement or fear due to an assault, punishment may be remitted.
Extreme Necessity
Article 11
(1) An act committed in extreme necessity shall not constitute a criminal offence.
(2) Extreme necessity is a condition under which a perpetrator committed an act
to eliminate concurrent or imminent danger to his good or good of another person which
he did not cause and which could not have been eliminated in any other manner,
provided that the harm caused thereby does not exceed the harm threatened.
(3) Where a perpetrator caused danger by negligence, or where he exceeded the
limits of extreme necessity, he may receive a lighter punishment, and where he exceeded
the limits under particularly mitigating circumstances, punishment may be remitted.
(4) Where a perpetrator was under an obligation to expose himself to the danger
threatened, such an act may not constitute extreme necessity.