(1) An act which is performed in order to defend one's own or another person's legal interest from impending and unjust infringement shall not be punishable if there are reasonable grounds for that act.
(2) When a preventive act has exceeded reasonable limits, the punishment may be mitigated or remitted depending on the circumstances.
(3) In the case of paragraph (2), an act caused by fear, shock, excitement, or confusion at night or under other uneasy conditions shall not be punishable.[This Article Wholly Amended on Dec. 8, 2020]