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97. Right of private defence of the body and of property
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Last amended by an amending law of 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.
property
Defined · s 22
“property” means money and all other property, movable or immovable, including things in action, other intangible or incorporeal property and virtual currency;