Statute
Section 170 — Crimes Act 1961: Illegal arrest may be evidence of provocation
Text of the provision Official document
170 Illegal arrest may be evidence of provocation An illegal arrest shall not necessarily reduce the offence from murder to manslaughter; but if the illegality was known to the offender it may be evidence of provocation. Compare: 1908 No 32 s 185
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