Criminal Law Code as at 1st March 2007 PART XVII NECESSITY 262. Application Part XVII of Chapter XIV. 263. Requirements for necessity to be complete defence. 264. Additional requirements for necessity to be complete defence to murder. 265. When necessity partial defence to murder. 266. Necessity in relation to other crimes. PART XVIII OBEDIENCE TO ORDERS 267. Interpretation in Part XVIII of Chapter XIV. 268. Requirements for obedience to lawful orders to be complete defence. 269. When obedience to illegal orders affords complete defence. PART XIX TRIVIALITIES 270. Person charged with trivial crime entitled to acquittal. PART XX UNAVOIDABLE ACCIDENT 271. Interpretation in Part XX of Chapter XIV. 272. Requirements for unavoidable accident to be complete defence. CHAPTER XV PERMISSIBLE VERDICTS 273. Persons charged with crime may be found guilty of unfinalised crime or assisting perpetrator of crime. 274. Conviction for crime other than that charged. 275. Verdicts permissible on particular charges. 276. Sentence imposable where person found guilty on competent verdict. CHAPTER XVI GENERAL 277. Criminal liability of corporations and associations and their members, employees and agents. 278. Relation of criminal to civil or disciplinary proceedings. 279. Concurrent and alternative charges. 280. Standard scale of fines and amendment thereof. 281. References in enactments to common law crimes. - 13 -