Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)

Section 37 - Use of force for prevention of, or defence against, criminal offence

For the prevention of, or for personal defence, or the defence of any other person against a criminal offence, or for the suppression or dispersion of a riotous or an unlawful assembly, a person may justify the use of force or harm which is reasonably necessary extending in case of extreme necessity even to killing.

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