(1) Responsibility shall be diminished for an offence immediately provoked by the unlawful act of another against the offender or, in his presence, against his spouse, descendant or ascendant, brother or sister, employer or employee, or a minor or incapable in his charge.
Provided that the reaction be proportionate to the provocation.
(2) Intentional killing or wounding shall be proportionate to a provocation by violent blows or injuries.
(3) Intentional killing or wounding of a spouse or of his or her lover shall be proportionate to the provocation of finding them in the act of adultery.
(4) In order to diminish responsibility provocation must be of a kind to deprive an ordinary person of self-control.
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