CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 274 Defence of moveable property against trespassers
CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 274
Defence of moveable property against trespassers274 Defence of moveable property against trespassers
It is lawful for any person who is in peaceable possession of any moveable property, and for any person lawfully assisting him or her or acting by his or her authority, to use such force as is reasonably necessary in order to resist the taking of such property by a trespasser, or in order to retake it from a trespasser, provided that the person does not do grievous bodily harm to the trespasser.