Syariah Penal Code · s 33

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s 33When such right extends to causing any harm other than death

If the offence, the committing of which or the attempting to commit which, occasions the exercise of the right of private defence, be sariqah that is not of any of the descriptions enumerated in section 32, that right does not extend to the voluntary causing of death, but does extend, subject to the restrictions mentioned in section 28, to the voluntary causing to the wrongdoer of any harm other than death.