Print View

[Section Index]

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

( ACT NO. V OF 1898 )

Chapter V

OF ARREST, ESCAPE AND RETAKING

A.-Arrest generally

Resisting endeavour to arrest
(2) If such person forcibly resists the endeavor to arrest him, or attempts to evade the arrest, such police-officer or other person may use all means necessary to effect the arrest.
 
 
(3) Nothing in this section gives a right to cause the death of a person who is not accused of an offence punishable with death or with 1[transportation for life].

  • 1
    The words "transportation for life" construed as a reference to "imprisonment for life" by section 3 of the Penal Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 1985 (Ordinance No. XLI of 1985)
Copyright © 2019, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division
Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs