Article 317 Federal Criminal Code
BOOK TWO · TITLE NINETEENTH. Crimes against life and bodily integrity · CHAPTER III. Common rules for injuries and homicide
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
The advantage shall only be considered as a qualifying circumstance of the crimes spoken of in the preceding chapters of this Title: when it is such that the offender runs no risk of being killed or wounded by the offended party and he does not act in legitimate defense.