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Section 45 IPC 45. “Life”.—The word “life” denotes the life of a human being, unless the contrary appears from the context. Next : Section  46 –> | <– Previous : Section 44 –> IPC Index –> IPC Bare Act –> IPC Chapters –> IPC Notes

Section 44 IPC 44. “Injury”.—The word “injury” denotes any harm whatever illegally caused to any person, in body, mind, reputation or property. Next : Section  45 –> | <– Previous : Section 43 –> IPC Index –> IPC Bare Act –> IPC Chapters –> IPC Notes

Section 43 IPC 43. “Illegal”. “Legally bound to do”.—The word “illegal” is applicable to everything which is an offence or which is prohibited by law, or which furnishes ground for a civil action; and a person is said to be “legally bound to do” whatever it is illegal in him to omit.  Next : Section  44 –> …

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Section 42 IPC 42. “Local law”.—A “local law” is a law applicable only to a particular part of India Next : Section  43 –> | <– Previous : Section 41 –> IPC Index –> IPC Bare Act –> IPC Chapters –> IPC Notes

Section 41 IPC 41. “Special law”.—A “special law” is a law applicable to a particular subject. Next : Section  42 –> | <– Previous : Section 40 –> IPC Index –> IPC Bare Act –> IPC Chapters –> IPC Notes

Section 40 IPC 40. “Offence”.—Except in the Chapters and sections mentioned in clauses 2 and 3 of this section, the word “offence” denotes a thing made punishable by this Code. In Chapter IV, Chapter VA and in the following sections, namely, sections 64, 65, 66, 67, 71, 109, 110, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 1[118, …

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Section 39 IPC 39. “Voluntarily”.—A person is said to cause an effect “voluntarily” when he causes it by means whereby he intended to cause it, or by means which, at the time of employing those means, he knew or had reason to believe to be likely to cause it. Next : Section  40 –> | <– Previous …

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Section 38 IPC 38. Persons concerned in criminal act may be guilty of different offences.—Where several persons are engaged or concerned in the commission of a criminal act, they may be guilty of different offences by means of that act. Illustration A attacks Z under such circumstances of grave provocation that his killing of Z …

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Section 37 IPC Next : Section  38 –> | <– Previous : Section 36 37. Co-operation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence.—When an offence is committed by means of several acts, whoever intentionally co-operates in the commission of that offence by doing any one of those acts, either singly or jointly with any other …

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Section 36 IPC 36. Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission.—Wherever the causing of a certain effect, or an attempt to cause that effect, by an act or by an omission, is an offence, it is to be understood that the causing of that effect partly by an act and partly by an …

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