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Section 103 — When such right extends to causing any harm other than death

As in force on 28 July 2023.

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  1. 30 March 1987 Enacted
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103.When such right extends to causing any harm other than death

If the offence is not of any of the descriptions mentioned in section 102, the right of private defence of the body does not extend to the voluntary causing of death to the assailant, but does extend, under the restrictions mentioned in sections 98 and 106A, to the voluntary causing to the assailant of any harm other than death.