Indian Penal Code
(IPC)
Chapter 2: General Explanations
- Section 6
Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions.
- Section 7
Sense of expression once explained.
- Section 8
Gender.
- Section 9
Number.
- Section 10
“Man”, “Woman”.
- Section 11
“Person”.
- Section 12
“Public”.
- Section 13
[Definition of “Queen”.] Omitted by the A. O. 1950
- Section 14
“Servant of Government”.
- Section 15
[Definition of “British India”.] Rep. by the A. O. 1937
- Section 16
[Definition of “Government of India”.] Rep., ibid
- Section 17
“Government”.
- Section 18
“India”.
- Section 19
“Judge”.
- Section 20
“Court of Justice”.
- Section 21
“Public servant”.
- Section 22
“Movable property”.
- Section 23
“Wrongful gain”.
- Section 24
“Dishonestly”.
- Section 25
“Fraudulently”.
- Section 26
“Reason to believe”.
- Section 27
Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant.
- Section 28
“Counterfeit”.
- Section 29
“Document”.
- Section 29A
29A. “Electronic record”.
- Section 30
“Valuable security”.
- Section 31
“A will”.
- Section 32
Words referring to acts include illegal omissions.
- Section 33
“Act”, “Omission”.
- Section 34
Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention.
- Section 35
When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention.
- Section 36
Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission.
- Section 37
Co-operation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence.
- Section 38
Persons concerned in criminal act may be guilty of different offences.
- Section 39
“Voluntarily”.
- Section 40
“Offence”.
- Section 41
“Special law”.
- Section 42
“Local law”.
- Section 43
“Illegal”, “Legally bound to do”.
- Section 44
“Injury”.
- Section 45
“Life”.
- Section 46
“Death”.
- Section 47
“Animal”.
- Section 48
“Vessel”.
- Section 49
“Year”, “Month”.
- Section 50
“Section”.
- Section 51
“Oath”.
- Section 52
“Good faith”.
- Section 52A
52A. “Harbour”.
