Monday 30 July 2012


YOU CANNOT USE VIOLENCE TO REMOVE SQUATTERS FROM YOUR PREMISES SO DON'T BE TEMPTED BECAUSE YOU WILL BE COMMITTING AN OFFENCE


The position is set out clearly below in Section 6 of the Criminal Law Act 1977.


OFFENCES RELATING TO ENTERING A...ND REMAINING ON PROPERTY

6.-(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, any violence for person who, without lawful authority, uses or threatens violence securing entry.

PART II for the purpose of securing entry into any premises for himself or for any other person is guilty of an offence, provided that-

(a) there is someone present on those premises at the time
who is opposed to the entry which the violence is intended to secure ; and

(b) the person using or threatening the violence knows that
that is the case.

To read the rest of this section of the Criminal Law Act 1977 please go to.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/45/pdfs/ukpga_19770045_en.pdf

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