Right of private defence of property permits lethal force for specified violent property offences when proportionate to the threat. The right of private defence of property allows, within the general restrictions on private defence, voluntary causing of death or other harm to a wrong doer when the offending conduct falls into specified dangerous categories: robbery; house breaking after sunset and before sunrise; mischief by fire or explosives against dwellings or custodial places for property; and theft, mischief, or house trespass carried out in circumstances reasonably likely to cause death or grievous hurt.
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Right of private defence of property permits lethal force for specified violent property offences when proportionate to the threat.
The right of private defence of property allows, within the general restrictions on private defence, voluntary causing of death or other harm to a wrong doer when the offending conduct falls into specified dangerous categories: robbery; house breaking after sunset and before sunrise; mischief by fire or explosives against dwellings or custodial places for property; and theft, mischief, or house trespass carried out in circumstances reasonably likely to cause death or grievous hurt.
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