free law journal - volume 3, number 1 (18 january 2007)

FREE LAW JOURNAL - VOLUME 3, NUMBER 1 (18 JANUARY 2007)3) if the general purpose of the criminal sanctions does notrequire the criminal sanction sentencing.2. NECESSARY DEFENCEAccording to provision article 24. of the Criminal Code of theRepublic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, article 26. of Criminal codeof the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, article 26. of theCriminal code of the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovinaand article 11. of the Criminal code of the Republic Srpska,necessary defence is defence which is necessary for a perpetratorin order to protect himself or other person from an imminentillegal attack. It is a second base for the exclusion of the criminalact in criminal law in Bosnia and Herzegovina 11 .An act committed in necessary defence 12 is excusable because thelegislator himself considers that the perpetrator of such act isauthorised for commission of that act. From this definition, itresults that necessary defence, in the sense of institute of criminallaw, has to fulfil two conditions-the existence of attack andprotection from such attack. But not every attack gives the rightfor necessary defence, nor every protection from attack is11This base prescribes many modern criminal codes on similar way : article 29of the Criminal code of the Republic of Croatia, article 37 of the Criminal code ofthe Russian Federation, article 22 of the Criminal code of the Republic of Israel,article 15 of the Criminal code of the Republic of Ukrain, article32 of theCriminal code of Federal Republic of Germany, article 12 of the Criminal code ofthe Republic of Bulgaria, article 9 of the Criminal code of the Republic ofMacedonia, article 22 of the Greek Criminal code, article 13 of the Criminal codeof the Republic of Belarus, article 11 of the Criminal code of the Republic ofSlovenia and article 19 of the Criminal code of the Republic of Albania12More : V. Timoškin, Nužna odbrana, Sarajevo, 1939. ; B: Ignjatović, Nužnaodbrana u teoriji i praksi, Doboj, 1967.; D. Jovašević, T. Hašimbegović, Osnoviisključenja krivičnog dela, Institut za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja,Beograd, 2001. ; V. Đurđić, D. Jovašević, Lj. Zdravković, Nužna odbana ukrivičnom pravu, Niš,2004.36BORISLAV PETROVIĆ PHD, AND DRAGAN JOVAŠEVIĆ - BASESFOR THE EXCLUSION OF THE CRIMINAL ACT IN CRIMINALLAW OF BOSNIA AND HERZGEGOVINA