(1) It shall not be an offence to commit an act, provided for by criminal law, in a state of extreme necessity.

(2) A person commits an act in a state of extreme necessity in order to save his life, bodily integrity or health or that of another person or a public interest from imminent danger which cannot be otherwise removed.

(3) A person is not in a state of extreme necessity who, at the time of committing the act, realises that it causes consequences that are clearly more serious than those that could have occurred if the danger had not been removed.