Whoever voluntarily obstructs any person, so as to prevent that person from proceeding in any direction in which that person has a right to proceed, is said wrongfully to restrain that person.
Section history
Section 339 — Wrongful restraint
As in force on 1 February 2008.
Timeline 4 versions
- 30 March 1987 Enacted
- 1 February 2008 You are here
- 30 November 2008 Revised edition
- 31 December 2021 Revised edition
- 17 August 2026 Latest
Exception.—The obstruction of a private way over land or water which a person in good faith believes himself to have a lawful right to obstruct, is not an offence within the meaning of this section.
Illustration
A obstructs a path along which Z has a right to pass, A not believing in good faith that he has a right to stop the path. Z is thereby prevented from passing. A wrongfully restrains Z.