If a person who has committed a crime while in a normal mental state is in a state of mental illness at the time of investigation, preliminaries, and trial, medical procedures shall be applied, and criminal responsibility shall be imposed upon recovery. Article 14 (General Conditions for not Imposing Criminal Liability) Criminal liability shall not be imposed for acts of little blameworthiness, even if a person has committed an act criminalised under this law. Article 15 (Self-Defence) Criminal liability shall not be imposed for acts committed to prevent critical crimes against the national or social interest or against the legitimate interests of other persons or of oneself if not unreasonably disproportionate as defence, even if a person has committed an act criminalised under this law. Article 16 (Act of Necessity) Criminal liability shall not be imposed for acts committed as the only way to avoid an emergency situation and the resulting damage is less than the interests protected, even if a person has committed an act criminalised under this law. Article 17 (Criminal Responsibility of Criminal who Voluntarily Ceased Crime) Criminal liability shall not be imposed for voluntarily and entirely abandoning a crime while planning or attempting it. However, criminal liability may be imposed where the act committed indicates another grave crime. Article 18 (Criminal Liability of Criminal who Violated the Victim upon his or her Request) Criminal liability shall not be imposed in respect of a person who has violated the person of the victim upon his or her request should there be little blameworthiness. Article 19 (Criminal Liability of Criminal against Family Members or Relatives) Criminal liability shall not be imposed for a crime committed against a family member or relative upon the pardon or request of a victim. The foregoing paragraph does not apply to intentional murder, intentional manslaughter, homicide induced by fit of rage, homicide beyond justifiable self-defence, involuntary manslaughter, intentional infliction of grave injury, robbery, rape, neglecting the responsibility to protect elderly and children, or abuse and contempt. Article 20 (Criminal Liability for Planning or Attempt of Crime) Criminal liability for planning or attempt of crime is imposed by taking into consideration the degree of dangerousness of the crime, the degree of execution, and the cause of failure to