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Criminal Code Act 1924
35Suppression of riot by magistrates and police officers
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35 Suppression of riot by magistrates and police officers
It is lawful for a sheriff or justice to use or order to be used such force as he believes on reasonable grounds to be necessary in order to suppress a riot, not being disproportioned to the danger which he believes on reasonable grounds is to be apprehended from the continuance of the riot.