Section 60 - Right of private defence.

Every person has a right subject to the restrictions hereinafter contained, to defend

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

(b) 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.