Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) An officer exercising powers under this Division in relation to a person must not use more force, or subject the person to greater indignity, than is reasonable and necessary.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), an
officer must not, in detaining or attempting to detain a person under this
Division, or preventing or attempting to prevent a detained person from
escaping from detention under this Division, do an act likely to cause death
or grievous bodily harm to the person, unless the officer believes on
reasonable grounds that doing the act is necessary to protect life or prevent
serious injury to the officer or any other person.