(a)such an assault as may reasonably cause the apprehension that death will otherwise be the consequence of such assault;
Section history
Section 100 — When the right of private defence of the body extends to causing death
As in force on 1 February 2008.
The right of private defence of the body extends, under the restrictions mentioned in section 99, to the voluntary causing of death or of any other harm to the assailant, if the offence which occasions the exercise of the right is of any of the following descriptions:
(b)such an assault as may reasonably cause the apprehension that grievous hurt will otherwise be the consequence of such assault;
(c)an assault with the intention of committing rape;
(d) an assault with the intention of gratifying unnatural lust;committing non-consensual penile penetration of the anus;
(e)an assault with the intention of kidnapping or abducting;
(f)an assault with the intention of wrongfully confining a person, under circumstances which may reasonably cause him to apprehend that he will be unable to have recourse to the public authorities for his release.