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CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 263

Suppression of riot by person acting under lawful orders

263 Suppression of riot by person acting under lawful orders

(1) It is lawful for any person acting in good faith in obedience to orders, not manifestly unlawful, given by a justice for the suppression of a riot, to use such force as the person believes, on reasonable grounds, to be necessary for carrying such orders into effect.
(2) Whether any particular order so given is or is not manifestly unlawful is a question of law.



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