Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 63 : Amount of fine: (See section 8 of BNS 2023) Where no sum is expressed to which a fine may extend, the amount of fine to which the offender is liable is unlimited, but shall not be excessive. Section…
Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 60 : Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple: (See section 7 of BNS 2023) In every case in which an offender is punishable with imprisonment which may be of either description, it…
Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 57 : Fractions of terms of punishment: (See section 6 of BNS 2023) In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, 1.[imprisonment] for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to 1.[imprisonment] for twenty years. --------- 1. Subs. by Act 26 of…
Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 54 : Commutation of sentence of death : (See section 5 of BNS 2023) In every case in which sentence of death shall have been passed, 1.[the appropriate Government] may, without the consent of the offender, commute the punishment for…
Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 53A : 1.[Construction of reference to transportation : (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) and sub-section (3), any reference to transportation for life in any other law for the time being in force or in any instrument or…
Indian Penal Code 1860 Chapter III ( Section 53 to 75 ) : Of Punishments : Section 53 : Punishments : (See section 4 of BNS 2023) The punishments to which offenders are liable under the provisions ofthis Code are - First. - Death; 1.[Secondly.…
Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 7 : Sense of expression once explained: Every expression which is explained in any part of this Code, is used in every part of this Code in conformity with the explanation. Section 8 : Gender: (See section 2(10) of BNS…
Indian Penal Code 1860 Chapter II ( Section 6 to 52A ) : General Explanations : Section 6 : Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions: (See section 3 of BNS 2023) Throughout this Code every definition of an offence, every penal…
Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 5 : 1.[Certain laws not to be affected by this Act : (See section 1(6) of BNS 2023) Nothing in this Act shall affect the provisions of any Act for punishing mutiny and desertion of officers, soldiers, sailors or airmen…
Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 4 : 1.[Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences: (See section 1(5) of BNS 2023) The provisions of this Code apply also to any offence committed by - 2.[(1) any citizen of India in any place without and beyond India; (2)…
Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 3 : Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within, India: (See section 1(4) of BNS 2023) Any person liable, by any 1.[Indian law], to be tried for an offence committed beyond 2.[India] shall be…
Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 2 : Punishment of offences committed with in India: (See section 1(3) of BNS 2023) Every person shall be liable to punishment under this Code and not otherwise for every act or omission contrary to the provisions thereof, of which…
The Indian Penal Code 1860 ACT NO. 45 OF 1.[1860] [6th October, 1860.] Chapter I ( Section 1 to 5 ) : Introduction : Preamble : WHEREAS it is expedient to provide a general Penal Code for 2.[India]; It is enacted as follows:— Section 1…