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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Penal Code § 9.03: CONFINEMENT AS JUSTIFIABLE FORCE.

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  1. PENAL CODE
  2. TITLE 2. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
  3. CHAPTER 9. JUSTIFICATION EXCLUDING CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
  4. SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Confinement is justified when force is justified by this chapter if the actor takes reasonable measures to terminate the confinement as soon as he knows he safely can unless the person confined has been arrested for an offense.

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.

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