Syariah Penal Code · s 32

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s 32When right of private defence of property extends to causing death

The right of private defence of property extends, under the restrictions mentioned in section 28, to the voluntary causing of death, or of any other harm to the wrong-doer, if the offence, the committing of which, or the attempting to commit which, occasions the exercise of the right, be an offence of any of the descriptions hereinafter enumerated —

(a)

hirabah;

(b)

sariqah, under such circumstances as may reasonably cause apprehension that death or hurt will be the consequence, if such right of private defence is not exercised.