First, a person is not guilty of an offence if he or she believes on reasonable grounds that force is being used against him or her, or another person, or that the threat of force is being made against him or her by another person, if the act that constitutes the offence is committed for the purpose of defending or protecting himself or herself from another person, and the act committed is reasonable in the circumstances.
Premièrement, une personne n'est coupable d'aucune infraction lorsqu'elle se défend ou se protège en employant des moyens raisonnables, dans les circonstances, contre quelqu'un qui, sans motif valable, cherche à employer la force contre elle ou la menace d'avoir recours à la force.