enforced hospitalization. After recovering from the illness, such persons may bear
penal liability.
Article 14.- Committing crimes while in the state of being intoxicated due to the
use of alcohol or other strong stimulants
Persons who commit crimes while in the state of being intoxicated due to the use of
alcohol or other strong stimulants shall still bear penal liability therefor.
Article 15.- Legitimate defense
1. Legitimate defense is an act of persons who, for the purpose of protecting the
interests of the State and/or organizations, as well as the legitimate rights and
interests of their own or other persons, need to fight against persons who are
committing acts infringing upon the interests of the above-mentioned.
Legitimate defense is not a crime.
2. Acting beyond the prescribed legitimate defense limit is the act of fighting back in
a manner incompatible with the nature and the extent of danger posed to the society
by the act of infringement.
Persons who act beyond the limit of legitimate defense shall bear penal liability
therefor.
Article 16.- Urgent circumstances
1. The urgent circumstance is the circumstance in which persons who, because of
wanting to ward off a danger practically jeopardizing the interests of the State and/or
organizations, the legitimate rights and interests of their own or other persons and
having no other alternatives, have to cause damage smaller than the damage to be
warded off.
Acts causing damage in urgent circumstances are not crimes.
2. Where the damage caused is obviously beyond the requirement of the urgent
circumstance, the persons who cause such damage shall bear penal liability therefor.
Article 17.- Preparation for crime commission
Preparation for crime commission is to search for, prepare instruments or create
other conditions for committing crimes.
Persons who prepare for the commission of a very serious crime or a particularly
serious crime shall bear penal liability for their attempted crime.
Article 18.- Incompleted commission of a crime