BOOK III — CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS
TITLE II — OFFENCES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS
CHAPTER I — OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON
246 Homicide and wounds and blows in self defence
There is neither crime nor misdemeanour, where homicide, wounds or blows are commanded by an actual necessity of the lawful defence of oneself or of another person.
247 Interpretation of "self defence"
Actual necessity of defence includes the cases where —
(a) homicide has been committed, or wounds made, or blows inflicted in repelling during the night, the scaling or breaking of the enclosure, wall or entrance of a house, or inhabited apartment, or of the dependencies thereof ;
(b) the act has taken place in defending oneself against the author of any robbery or plunder executed with violence.
Self-defence - national proceedings
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