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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 6

DEFINITIONS IN THE CODE TO BE UNDERSTOOD SUBJECT TO EXCEPTIONS Throughout this Code every definition of an offence,

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The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 6 is part of The Indian Penal Code 1860 - DEFINITIONS IN THE CODE TO BE UNDERSTOOD SUBJECT TO EXCEPTIONS Throughout this Code every definition of an offence,. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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a) The sections, in this Code, which contain definitions of offences, do not express that a child under seven years of age cannot commit such offences; but the definitions are to be understood subject to the general

exception which provides that nothing shall be an offence which is done by a child under seven years of age.

(b) A, a police officer, without warrant apprehends Z, who has committed murder. Here A is not guilty of the offence of wrongful confinement; for he was bound by law to apprehend Z, and therefore the case falls within the general

exception which provides that "nothing is an offence which is done by a person who is bound by law to do it".

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Section Section 6 of the The Indian Penal Code 1860 (DEFINITIONS IN THE CODE TO BE UNDERSTOOD SUBJECT TO EXCEPTIONS Throughout this Code every definition of an offence,) is reproduced on this page as part of the The Indian Penal Code 1860. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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