Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)

Section 35 - Use of force for preservation of order

A person who is authorised as a peace officer, or in a judicial or an official capacity, to keep the peace or preserve order at any place, or to remove or exclude a person from a place, or to sue force for a similar purpose, may justify the execution of that authority by a necessary force.

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