The law provides grounds barring criminal liability in defined cases.
- Necessity: No punishment falls on a person who commits a crime out of the necessity of protecting himself or another from a serious, imminent danger to life, provided his will had no part in the danger arising and he could not otherwise prevent it (art. 61).
- Exercise of a recognised right: The Penal Code does not apply to any act done in good faith in exercise of a right established under the Shari'a (art. 60).
- Mental or psychological disorder: A person is not criminally liable if, at the time of the crime, he suffered a psychological or mental disorder that deprived him of awareness or choice, or a coma from narcotics taken against his will or without his knowledge (art. 62). But where the disorder merely diminished his awareness or choice he remains liable, and the court takes this into account when fixing the penalty (art. 62).
Thus, where the conditions of necessity in art. 61 are met, no penalty is imposed for the act.
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