{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:article:22","workId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:en","title":"Limitation on Consent","number":"22","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/22/","hierarchy":{"part":"PART I — THE GENERAL PART","book":"BOOK I — OFFENCES AND THE OFFENDER","title":null,"chapter":"Chapter 4. — Absence of Criminal Responsibility"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"The consent of the victim to the commission of a criminal offence against himself or a right he possesses does not relieve the offender of criminal liability.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/22/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":40,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/40/?article=22&paragraph=lead#article-22-lead"}]}],"caution":"English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation."}