SECTIONS | Indian Penal Code, 1860 As Amended upto date |
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| Preamble |
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| CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION |
1. | Title and extent of operation of the Code |
2. | Punishment of offences committed within India |
3. | Punishment of offences committed beyond but which by law may be tried within India |
4. | Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences |
5. | Certain laws not to be affected by this Act |
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| CHAPTER II : GENERAL EXPLANATIONS |
6. | Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions |
7. | Sense of expression once explained |
8. | Gender |
9. | Number |
10. | "Man", "Woman" |
11. | "Person" |
12. | "Public" |
13. | ["Queen"] |
14. | "Servant of Government" |
15. | ["British India"] |
16. | ["Government of India"] |
17. | "Government" |
18. | "India" |
19. | "Judge" |
20. | "Court of Justice" |
21. | "Public Servant" |
22. | "Movable property" |
23. | "Wrongful gain", "Wrongful loss", Gaining wrongfully. Losing wrongfully |
24. | "Dishonestly" |
25. | "Fraudulently" |
26. | "Reason to believe" |
27. | Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant |
28. | "Counterfeit" |
29. | "Document" |
29-A. | "Electronic record" |
30. | "Valuable security" |
31. | "A will" |
32. | Words referring to acts include illegal omissions |
33. | "Act", "Omission" |
34. | Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention |
35. | When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention |
36. | Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission |
37. | Co-operation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence |
38. | Persons concerned in criminal act may be guilty of different offences |
39. | "Voluntarily" |
40. | "Offence" |
41. | "Special law" |
42. | "Local law" |
43. | "Illegal", "Legally bound to do" |
44. | "Injury" |
45. | "Life" |
46. | "Death" |
47. | "Animal" |
48. | "Vessel" |
49. | "Year", "Month" |
50. | "Section" |
51. | "Oath" |
52. | "Good faith" |
52-A. | "Harbour" |
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| CHAPTER III : OF PUNISHMENTS |
53. | Punishment |
53-A. | Construction of reference to transportation |
54. | Commutation of sentence of death |
55. | Commutation of sentence of imprisonment for life |
55-A. | Definition of "appropriate Government" |
56. | Sentence of Europeans and Americans to penal servitude, proviso as to sentence for term exceeding ten years but not for life [repealed] |
57. | Fractions of terms of punishment |
58. | Offenders sentenced to transportation how dealt with until transported |
59. | Transportation instead of imprisonment [repealed] |
60. | Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple |
61. | Sentence of forfeiture of property [repealed] |
62. | Forfeiture of property in respect of offenders punishable with death, transportation or imprisonment [repealed] |
63. | Amount of fine |
64. | Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine |
65. | Limit to imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when imprisonment and fine awardable |
66. | Description of imprisonment for non-payment of fine |
67. | Imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when offence punishable with fine only |
68. | Imprisonment to terminate on payment of fine |
69. | Termination of imprisonment on payment of proportional part of fine |
70. | Fine leviable within six years or during imprisonment |
71. | Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences |
72. | Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, the judgment stating that it is doubtful of which |
73. | Solitary confinement |
74. | Limit of solitary confinement |
75. | Enhanced punishment for certain offences under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII after previous conviction |
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| CHAPTER IV : GENERAL EXCEPTIONS |
76. | Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law |
77. | Act of Judge when acting judicially |
78. | Act done pursuant to the judgment or order of Court |
79. | Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself justified, by law |
80. | Accident in doing a lawful act |
81. | Act likely to cause harm, but done without criminal intent, and to prevent other harm |
82. | Act of a child under seven years of age |
83. | Act of a child above seven and under twelve of immature understanding |
84. | Act of a person of-unsound mind |
85. | Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will |
86. | Offence requiring a particular intent or knowledge committed by one who is intoxicated |
87. | Act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done by consent |
88. | Act not intended to cause death, done by consent in good faith for person's benefit |
89. | Act done in good faith for benefit of child or insane person, by or by consent of guardian |
90. | Consent known to be given under fear or misconception |
91. | Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused |
92. | Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent |
93. | Communication made in good faith |
94. | Act to which a person is compelled by threats |
95. | Act causing slight harm |
96. | Things done in private defence |
97. | Right of private defence of the body and of propert |
98. | Right of private defence against the act of a person of unsound mind, etc |
99. | Acts against which there is no right of private defence |
100. | When the right of private defence of the body extends to causing death |
101. | When such right extends to causing any harm other than death |
102. | Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of the body |
103. | When the right of private defence of property extends to causing death |
104. | When such right extends to causing any harm other than death |
105. | Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of property |
106. | Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person |