(1) No criminal responsibility shall arise from an act dictated by the
immediate necessity of defence of the person acting or of any other person,
or of any right of himself or of any other, against an unlawful infringement:
Provided that the means of defence be proportionate to the seriousness of
the infringement threatened.
(2) Intentional killing shall be proportionate to an attack causing a
reasonable apprehension of death, of grievous harm as defined by this Code
of rape or of sodomy.
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In force from 12 July 2016
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