Ghana

Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29)

PART II—OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON

CHAPTER 1—JUSTIFIABLE FORCE AND HARM

Section 37—Use of Force for Prevention of or Defence Against Crime, Etc.

For the prevention of, or for the defence of himself or any other person against any crime, or for the suppression or dispersion of a riotous or unlawful assembly, a person may justify any force or harm which is reasonably necessary extending in case of extreme necessity, even to killing.

Keywords

Necessity - national proceedings



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