Editing Use of force (section)

==England and Wales==
In England and Wales the use of (reasonable) force is provided to [[police]] and any other [[person]] from Section 3 of the [[Criminal Law Act 1967]], which states:

"A person may use such force as is reasonable in the circumstances in the prevention of crime, or in effecting or assisting in the lawful arrest of offenders or suspected offenders or of persons unlawfully at large".

Use of force may be considered lawful if it was, on the basis of the facts as the accused honestly believed them,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/s_to_u/self_defence/#Reasonable_Force |title=CPS: Self-Defence and the Prevention of Crime |access-date=December 30, 2012 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005658/http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/s_to_u/self_defence/#Reasonable_Force |url-status=dead }}</ref> necessary and reasonable.

(Further provision about when force is "reasonable" was made by [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2008/ukpga_20080004_en_9#pt5-pb5-l1g76 section 76] of the [[Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008]].)
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