The right or private defence of property extends, under the restrictions mentioned in section 26, to the voluntary causing of death or of any other harm to the wrong-doer, if the offence, the committing of which, or the attempting to commit which, occasions the exercise of the right, be an offence of any of the descriptions hereinafter enumerated:

(i) Robbery;

(ii) House-breaking by night;

(iii) Mischief by fire committed on any building, tent or vessel, which building, tent, or vessel is used as a human dwelling, or as a place for the custody of property;

(iv) Theft, mischief, or house-trespass, under such circumstances as may reasonably cause apprehension that death or grievous hurt will be the consequence, if such right of private defence is not exercised.



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