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30. Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent. Nothing is an offence by reason of any harm which it mayRead More →

31. Communication made in good faith. No communication made in good faith is an offence by reason of any harm to the person to whomRead More →

32. Act to which a person is compelled by threats. Except murder, and offences against the State punishable with death, nothing is an offence whichRead More →

33. Act causing slight harm. Nothing is an offence by reason that it causes, or that it is intended to cause, or that it isRead More →

Of right of private defence 34. Things done in private defence. Nothing is an offence which is done in the exercise of the right ofRead More →

35. Right of private defence of body and of property. Every person has a right, subject to the restrictions contained in section 37, to defend:Read More →

36. Right of private defence against act of a person of unsound mind, etc. When an act, which would otherwise be a certain offence, isRead More →

37. Acts against which there is no right of private defence. (1) There is no right of private defence: (a) against an act which doesRead More →

38. When right of private defence of body extends to causing death. The right of private defence of the body extends, under the restrictions specifiedRead More →

39. When such right extends to causing any harm other than death. If the offence be not of any of the descriptions specified in sectionRead More →

40. Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of body. The right of private defence of the body commences as soon as a reasonableRead More →

41. When right of private defence of property extends to causing death The right of private defence of property extends, under the restrictions specified inRead More →

42. When such right extends to causing any harm other than death. If the offence, the committing of which, or the attempting to commit whichRead More →

43. Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of property. The right of private defence of property: (a) commences when a reasonable apprehension ofRead More →

44. Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person. If in the exercise of the right ofRead More →