Chapter IV · General Exceptions

Right of private defence of the body and of property

Section 97 · Pakistan Penal Code

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Every person has a right, subject to the restrictions contained in section 99, to defend __ First. __ His own body, and the body of any other person, against any offence affecting the human body ; Secondly. __ The property, whether moveable or immoveable, 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.