Article 16 Federal Criminal Code
BOOK ONE · TITLE ONE. Criminal Responsibility · CHAPTER IV. Grounds for exclusion of the crime
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
In the cases of excess of legitimate defense or excess in any other cause of justification, one fourth of the sanction corresponding to the crime in question shall be imposed, the imputation for intent (dolo) remaining in force.