{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-9.03","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Penal Code § 9.03","heading":"CONFINEMENT AS JUSTIFIABLE FORCE.","body":"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.\nActs 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.","path":["PENAL CODE","TITLE 2. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY","CHAPTER 9. JUSTIFICATION EXCLUDING CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.9.htm#9.03","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:34Z","sha256":"442386e68359556497f328451a79f83e44ac8e813d186ebe6f9c27d854b4551b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-9.02","next":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-9.04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}