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Penal Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Chapter XVI
Penal Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Chapter XVI
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
A person is said to "use force" to another if -
he causes motion, change of motion or cessation of motion to that other; or
he causes to any substance such motion, change of motion or cessation of motion as brings that substance into contact with any part of that other's body, or with anything which that other is wearing or carrying, or with anything so situated that such contact affects that other's sense of feeling:
Provided that the person causing the motion, or change of motion or cessation of motion, causes that motion. change of motion or cessation of motion, in one of the following three ways -
by his own bodily power;
by disposing any substance in such a manner that the motion or change or cessation of motion takes place without any further act on his part, or on the part of any other person;
by inducing any animal to move, to change its motion or to cease to move.
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