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Section 43 of the Police Act, 1861 allows a police officer to plead that the act was done:

Section 43 lets a police-officer plead "that such act was done by him under the authority of a warrant issued by a Magistrate". Superior or executive orders, or necessity,…

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Section 43 of the Police Act, 1861 allows a police officer to plead that the act was done:

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Section 43 lets a police-officer plead "that such act was done by him under the authority of a warrant issued by a Magistrate". Superior or executive orders, or necessity, do not give this defence.

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