Where an offence is committed upon the express order of a person of higher rank whether administrative or military to a subordinate, and the act did not exceed the order given, the person who gave the order shall be held responsible for the act performed by the subordinate and is liable to punishment.
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 34
Responsibility of A Person Giving an Order · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.