CHAPTER 1
General Explanations
25. An act committed under sudden impulse in defence of “one’s own self” shall not be an offence except where that act results in the death of a person.
Note : “One’s own self” shall mean the life of one’s own, that of his parents, his children, and that of dependents and relatives whose legal guardianship is attributed to him by religion.
Self-defence - national proceedings
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