Pennsylvania Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes (§§ 101 — 9901)
Title 18. Crimes and Offenses (Pts. I — III)
Part I. Preliminary Provisions (Chs. 1 — 13)
Chapter 5. General Principles of Justification (§§ 501 — 510)

§ 506. Use of force for the protection of other persons.

(a) General rule. — The use of force upon or toward the person of another is justifiable to protect a third person when:

(1) the actor would be justified under section 505 (relating to use of force in self-protection) in using such force to protect himself against the injury he believes to be threatened to the person whom he seeks to protect;
(2) under the circumstances as the actor believes them to be, the person whom he seeks to protect would be justified in using such protective force; and
(3) the actor believes that his intervention is necessary for the protection of such other person.

(b) Exception. — Notwithstanding subsection (a), the actor is not obliged to retreat to any greater extent than the person whom he seeks to protect.

 

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