PART I-GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER IV
GENERAL RULES AS TO CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
17. Defence of person or property
Subject to any other provisions of this Code or any other law for the time being in force, a person shall not be criminally responsible for the use of force in repelling an unlawful attack upon his person or property, or the person or property of any other person, if the means he uses and the degree of force he employs in doing so are no more than is necessary in the circumstances to repel the unlawful attack.
(As amended by Act 3 of 1990)
Self-defence - national proceedings
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