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IPC, 1860
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IPCChapter IISection 16
Section16

Definition of “Government of India”

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II

Chapter II

General Explanations

In this chapter

  • 6Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions
  • 7Sense of expression once explained
  • 8Gender
  • 9Number
  • 10“Man” “Woman”
  • 11“Person”
  • 12“Public”
  • 13Definition of “Queen”
  • 14“Servant of Government”
  • 15Definition of “British India”
  • 16Definition of “Government of India”
  • 17“Government”
  • 18“India”
  • 19“Judge”
  • 20“Court of Justice”
  • 21“Public servant”
  • 22“Movable property”
  • 23“Wrongful gain”
  • 24“Dishonestly”
  • 25“Fraudulently”
  • 26“Reason to believe”
  • 27Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant
  • 28“Counterfeit”
  • 29“Document”
  • 29A“Electronic record”
  • 30“Valuable security”
  • 31“A will”
  • 32Words referring to acts include illegal omissions
  • 33“Act”. “Omission”
  • 34Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention -
  • 35When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention
  • 36Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission
  • 37Co-operation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence
  • 38Persons 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”
  • 52A“Harbour”
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