Talk:Self-defence (Australia)

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Amended the following: In 2002, New South Wales reintroduced excessive defence into s421 Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) which reads:

   (a) the person uses force that involves the intentional or reckless infliction of death, and
   (b) the conduct is not a reasonable response in the circumstances as he or she perceives them, but the person believes the conduct is necessary:
   (c) to defend himself or herself or another person, or
   (d) to prevent or terminate the unlawful deprivation of his or her liberty or the liberty of another person.

(2) The person is not criminally responsible for murder but, on a trial for murder, the person is to be found guilty of manslaughter if the person is otherwise criminally responsible for manslaughter. It should read more like this: In 2002, New South Wales reintroduced excessive self defence as s421 of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW). Section 421 states:(and then the rest is the same). It's called 'excessive self defence' in the NSW Crimes Act, so referring to it as "excessive defence" is technically wrong.