Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 223

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223. No offence is committed when a homicide or a bodily harm is ordered or permitted by law or by a lawful authority, o r is imposed by actual necessity either in lawful self-defence or in the lawful defence of another person. Cases of lawful defence.

← Art. 222A Art. 224 →

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