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Section 55 — Crimes Act 1961: Defence of dwellinghouse
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55 Defence of dwellinghouse Every one in peaceable possession of a dwellinghouse, and every one lawfully assisting him or acting by his authority, is justified in using such force as is necessary to prevent the forcible breaking and entering of the dwellinghouse by any person if he believes, on reasonable and probable grounds, that there is no lawful justification for the breaking and entering. Compare: 1908 No 32 ss 80, 81; Criminal Code (1954),
s 40 (Canada)
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