Sch 1 (The Criminal Code), s 25
In forceExtraordinary emergencies
Schedule 1The Criminal Code
Part 1Introductory
25 Extraordinary emergencies
Subject to the express provisions of this Code relating to acts done upon compulsion or provocation or in self-defence, a person is not criminally responsible for an act or omission done or made under such circumstances of sudden or extraordinary emergency that an ordinary person possessing ordinary power of self-control could not reasonably be expected to act otherwise.
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