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**96. Acts in Self-Defense:**
Nothing is a crime if it is done in self-defense.
**97. Right to Defend Yourself and Your
Property:**
Everyone has the right, within certain limits, to
defend:
- Their own body and the body of another
person from any attack.
- Their own property or someone else's
property from crimes like theft, robbery,
mischief, or trespassing.
**98. Right to Defend Against Someone of
Unsound Mind, etc.:**
Even if an act is not considered a crime because
the person doing it is young, mentally unsound,
intoxicated, or mistaken, you still have the right
to defend yourself as if the act were a crime.
**Examples:**
(a) If Z, who is mentally ill, tries to kill A, Z is not
guilty of a crime. But A can still defend himself
as if Z were sane.
(b) If A enters a house legally, but Z mistakenly
thinks A is a thief and attacks him, Z has
committed no crime. However, A can defend
himself against Z as if Z were not mistaken.
**99. Acts Against Which You Have No Right of
Self-Defense:**
You cannot claim self-defense against an act
that does not reasonably make you fear death
or serious harm if it is done by a public servant
acting in good faith. This applies even if the act
is not entirely justified by law.
You also cannot claim self-defense if there is
time to seek help from public authorities.
The right to self-defense does not allow you to
cause more harm than necessary to protect
yourself.
**Explanation 1:** You can still defend yourself
against a public servant unless you know, or
have reason to believe, that they are a public
servant.
**Explanation 2:** You can defend yourself
against someone acting on orders from a public
servant unless you know, or have reason to
believe, that they are acting on such orders.
**100. When Self-Defense Can Cause Death:**
You can cause death in self-defense if the attack
you are defending against:
- Could reasonably make you fear death.
- Could reasonably make you fear serious injury.
- Is aimed at committing rape, satisfying
unnatural lust, kidnapping, or wrongful
confinement.
**101. Causing Harm Other Than Death in Self-
Defense:**
If the attack is not one of the types listed in
Section 100, you can still defend yourself but
cannot cause death, only harm.
**102. Start and Continuation of the Right to
Self-Defense:**
The right to self-defense starts when you
reasonably fear danger and lasts as long as that
fear continues.
**103. When Defending Property Can Cause
Death:**
You can cause death in defense of property if
the crime involves:
- Robbery
- Nighttime house-breaking
- Mischief by fire on a building used as a home
or for storing property
- Theft, mischief, or house trespass that could
reasonably make you fear death or serious
harm.
**104. Causing Harm Other Than Death in
Defense of Property:**
If the crime does not involve the serious threats
listed in Section 103, you cannot cause death
but can cause other harm.
**105. Start and Continuation of the Right to
Defend Property:**
The right to defend property starts when you
reasonably fear danger. This right continues:
- In cases of theft, until the thief escapes with
the property or until authorities help recover it.
- In cases of robbery, as long as the robber
causes or tries to cause harm or restraint.
- In cases of trespass or mischief, as long as the
criminal act continues.
- In cases of nighttime house-breaking, as long
as the trespass continues.
**106. Defense Against Deadly Assault with
Risk to Innocent People:**
If defending yourself against a deadly attack
risks harming an innocent person, your right to
self-defense still applies, even if it means risking
harm to that person.
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