Section 15Sec./Art. 15

Orders from a Superior. - The fact that a crime defined and penalized under this Act has been committed by a person pursuant to an order of a superior shall not relieve that person of criminal responsibility unless all of the following elements occur:

(a) The person was under a legal obligation to obey orders of the superior in question;

(b) The person did not know that the order was unlawful; and

(c) The person acted under duress or coercion.

For purposes of this section, orders to commit grave child rights violations enumerated in Section 9 hereof are manifestly unlawful and shall be punished under this Act and other applicable existing laws.