Section 35: Every person has a right, subject to the restrictions contained in section 37, to
private defend—
defence of
body and of (a) his own body, and the body of any other person, against any offence affecting
property. the human body;
(b) the property, whether movable or immovable, of himself or of any other
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person, against any act which is an offence falling under the definition of theft, robbery,
mischief or criminal trespass, or which is an attempt to commit theft, robbery, mischief
or criminal trespass.