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(a) Conduct which would otherwise constitute an offense is justifiable and not criminal when it is required or authorized by law or by a judicial decree or is performed by a public servant in the reasonable exercise of his official powers, duties or functions.

(b) Unless inconsistent with other provisions of this part defining justifiable use of physical force, or with some other provision of law, conduct which would otherwise constitute an offense is justifiable and not criminal when:

(1) That conduct is necessary as an emergency measure to avoid an imminent public or private injury; or

(2) The threatened injury is of such gravity that, according to ordinary standards of intelligence and morality, the desirability and urgency of avoiding the injury clearly outweigh the desirability of avoiding the injury sought to be prevented by the section defining the offense in issue. [Ord. 62B § 4105, amended, 11/7/2019.]