{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/falkland-islands-constitution-order-2008/schedule/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/falkland-islands-constitution-order-2008/schedule/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2846",
  "legislation_title": "The Falkland Islands Constitution Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/falkland-islands-constitution-order-2008",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Protection of right to life",
  "text": "(1) No person shall be deprived intentionally of his or her life.\n(2) A person shall not be regarded as having been deprived of his or her life in contravention of this section if he or she dies as a result of the use, to such extent and in such circumstances as are permitted by law, of force which is no more than absolutely necessary—\n(a) for the defence of any person from violence;\n(b) in order to effect a lawful arrest or to prevent the escape of a person lawfully detained; or\n(c) for the purpose of suppressing a riot, insurrection or mutiny,\nor if he or she dies as the result of a lawful act of war.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2017/181",
      "affecting_title": "The Emergency Powers (Overseas Territories) Order 2017"
    },
    {
      "type": "modified",
      "affecting": "uksi/2020/780",
      "affecting_title": "The Overseas Territories (Constitutional Modifications) Order 2020"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2846/schedule/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:22:38.073834+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}