Section 26
Right of private defence of body and property
ActIn forceProvision 26 of 253
Section 26
Every person has a right, subject to the restrictions contained in section 28, to defend —
(a)
his own body, and the body of his wife and descendant, against any offence affecting the human body;
(b)
the property of himself, the property of his wife or descendant, whether movable or immovable, against any act which is an offence falling under the definition of sariqah or hirabah, or which is an attempt to commit sariqah or hirabah.