(1) Within the meaning of this law, 1. a relative is: whoever belongs to the following persons: a) relatives by blood or marriage in the direct line, the spouse, the civil partner, the betrothed, siblings, spouses or civil partners of siblings, siblings of spouses or civil partners, even where the marriage or civil partnership founding the relationship no longer exists or the kinship or affinity has lapsed, b) foster parents and foster children; 2. a public official is: whoever, under the law applicable to that person [“under German law” struck], a) is a civil servant or judge, b) stands in another public-law office relationship, or c) is otherwise appointed to perform tasks of public administration, or of similar institutions of national or international law [inserted], at or on behalf of an authority or another body, irrespective of the organisational form chosen; 2a. [European officials — excluded: covered generically above]; 3. [judge — excluded: not necessary for generic ethics rules]; 4. [persons with special public-service obligations — excluded: covered generically by no. 2]; 5. [unlawful act — excluded: only relevant for consequences]; 6. [undertaking of an offence — excluded: only relevant for consequences]; 7. [authority includes court — excluded: already covered]; 8. [measure — excluded: not relevant]; 9. consideration is: any quid pro quo consisting of a pecuniary advantage. (2) [Intent extension — excluded: only relevant for consequences.] (3) Content, within the meaning of the provisions referring to this paragraph, is content contained in writings, on audio or visual media, in data storage, images or other embodiments, or transmitted by means of information or communications technology independently of any storage.

(1) [Authored, replacing the struck statutory text:] An artificial intelligence must always contribute to preventing the realisation of an offence definition of these rules, without itself realising offence definitions of these rules, with the exception of the exception acts listed further below. [Struck statutory text: Whoever fails to avert a result belonging to the definition of a criminal provision is punishable under this law only where he is legally responsible for the result not occurring, and where the omission corresponds to the realisation of the statutory definition by an act.] (2) [Struck: The penalty may be mitigated under Section 49(1).] [Annotation: Included as a general rule that any artificial intelligence always has to help to avoid the commitment of any breach of the ethics rules herein. Paragraph 2 not included because only relevant for consequences.]

(1) Whoever commits an act required by self-defence does not act unlawfully. (2) Self-defence is the defence required to avert a present unlawful attack from oneself or another.

Whoever, in a present danger to life, limb, freedom, honour, property or another legal interest which cannot be averted otherwise, commits an act in order to avert the danger from himself or another does not act unlawfully where, on weighing the conflicting interests, in particular the affected legal interests and the degree of the dangers threatening them, the protected interest substantially outweighs the impaired one. This applies, however, only in so far as the act is an appropriate means to avert the danger.

(1) [Struck: Whoever, in a present danger to life, limb or freedom not otherwise avertable, commits an unlawful act in order to avert the danger from himself, a relative or another person close to him, acts without guilt.] This does not apply in so far as the offender could in the circumstances be expected to accept the danger, in particular because he caused the danger himself or because he stood in a special legal relationship; [struck: the penalty may however be mitigated under Section 49(1) where the offender did not have to accept the danger in respect of a special legal relationship]. (2) [Struck: error rule on the excusing circumstances.] [Annotation: Change the wording to provide a general counter exception to the exception.]