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Purpose and legislative effect
“An arrestor may use reasonably necessary and proportional force to arrest a suspect who resists or flees, if arrest without force is not possible.”
An arrestor may use reasonably necessary and proportional force to arrest a suspect who resists or flees, if arrest without force is not possible. An arrestor may use reasonably necessary and proportionate force to make an arrest, and may use deadly force only in limited serious-violence circumstances. This section states the short title: the Act is called the Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 2012. This section states the Act’s short title: the Strafproseswysigingswet, 2012.
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An arrestor may use reasonably necessary and proportional force to arrest a suspect who resists or flees, if arrest without force is not possible.
Section 1
An arrestor may use reasonably necessary and proportionate force to make an arrest, and may use deadly force only in limited serious-violence circumstances.
Section 1
This section states the short title: the Act is called the Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 2012.
Section 2
This section states the Act’s short title: the Strafproseswysigingswet, 2012.
Section 2
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Source record from www.parliament.gov.za · updated 25 Sept 2012
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