Singapore legislation
Section 97
Section 97
Right of private defence of the body and of property
Amended by15/2019
Every person has a right, subject to the restrictions contained in sections 98 and 106A, to defend —
(a)
his own body, and the body of any other person, against any 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.