Sch 1 (The Criminal Code), s 264
In forceSuppression of riot by person acting without order in case of emergency
Schedule 1The Criminal Code
Part 5Offences against the person and relating to marriage and parental rights and duties
264 Suppression of riot by person acting without order in case of emergency
When any person, whether subject to military law or not, believes, on reasonable grounds, that serious mischief will arise from a riot before there is time to procure the intervention of a justice, it is lawful for the person to use such force as the person believes, on reasonable grounds, to be necessary for the suppression of the riot, and as is reasonably proportioned to the danger which the person believes, on reasonable grounds, is to be apprehended from its continuance.
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