Where the abandonment of the threatened right could reasonably have been required in the circumstances of the case or where the encroachment upon the third party’s rights exceeded what was necessary or where the doer, by his own fault, himself in the situation involving danger or necessity in which he found himself, the Court may, without restriction, reduce the penalty. (Article 66)
Penal Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation.
Article 28
Excess of Necessity · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.