If you do something because you are following the laws made by the people in charge of a place, you are protected from getting in trouble. This means you won't be held criminally responsible for what you did. You are protected as long as you are following the laws that are being enforced by those in charge where you are.
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Every one is protected from criminal responsibility for any act done in obedience to the laws for the time being made and enforced by those in possession de facto of the sovereign power in and over the place where the act is done.
