Section 24. Right of private defence of the body and of property. (SYARIAH CRIMINAL (NEGERI SEMBILAN) ENACTMENT 1992 -

Enactment No. 4 of 1992
SYARIAH CRIMINAL (NEGERI SEMBILAN) ENACTMENT 1992 -

PART II GENERAL EXCEPTIONS

Section 24. Right of private defence of the body and of property.

Every person has a right, subject to the restrictions contained in section 26, to defend-

(i) his own body, and the body of any other person, against any offence affecting the human body;

(ii) the property, whether movable or immovable, of himself or of any other person, against any act which is an offence falling under the definition of theft, robbery, mischief, or criminal trespass, or which is an attempt to commit theft,robbery, mischief, or criminal trespass.