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CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 275 Defence of moveable property with claim of right

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 275

Defence of moveable property with claim of right

275 Defence of moveable property with claim of right

When a person is in peaceable possession of any moveable property under a claim of right, it is lawful for the person, 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 defend the person’s possession of the property, even against a person who is entitled by law to possession of the property, provided that he or she does not do grievous bodily harm to such other person.