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Criminal Code Act 1924
46Self-defence and defence of another person
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46 Self-defence and defence of another person
*[Section 46 Substituted by No. 26 of 1987, s. 4 ]*A person is justified in using, in the defence of himself or another person, such force as, in the circumstances as he believes them to be, it is reasonable to use.