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39-11-603 - Confinement as justifiable force.
39-11-603. Confinement as justifiable force.
Confinement is justified when force is justified by this part, if the person takes reasonable measures to terminate the confinement as soon as the person knows it can be done safely, unless the individual confined has been arrested for an offense.
[Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.]
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