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Penal Code, 1860 (Act No. XLV of 1860).
(d) D, a British subject living in 5[ Khulna], instigates E to commit a murder in
6[ Chittagong]. D is guilty of abetting murder.
Certain laws not to be
affected by this Act
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5. Nothing in this Act is intended to repeal, vary, suspend, or affect
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any of the provisions of any Act for punishing mutiny and desertion of officers,
soldiers, sailors or airmen in the service of the 8[ Republic], or of any special or
local law.
CHAPTER II
GENERAL EXPLANATIONS
Definitions in the
6. Throughout this Code every definition of an offence, every penal provision and
every illustration of every such definition or penal provision, shall be understood
subject to the exceptions contained in the chapter entitled "General Exceptions,"
though those exceptions are not repeated in such definition, penal provision or
illustration.
Illustrations
(a) The sections in this Code, which contain definitions of offences, do not
express that a child under seven years of age cannot commit such offences; but
the definitions are to be understood subject to the general exception which
provides that nothing shall be an offence which is done by a child under seven
years of age.
(b) A, a police officer, without warrant, apprehends Z who has committed murder.
Here A is not guilty of the offence of wrongful confinement; for he was bound by
law to apprehend Z, and therefore the case falls within the general exception
which provides that "nothing is an offence which is done by a person who is
bound by law to do it".
7. Every expression which is explained in any part of this Code is used in every
part of this Code in conformity with the explanation.
8. The pronoun "he" and its derivatives are used of any person, whether male or
female.
9. Unless the contrary appears from the context, words importing the singular
number include the plural number, and words importing the plural number include
the singular number.
Code to be
understood subject to
exceptions
Sense of expression
once explained
Gender
Number
“Man” “Woman”
10. The word “man” denotes a male human being of any age: the word “woman”
denotes a female human being of any age.
11. The word “person” includes any Company or Association, or body of persons,
whether incorporated or not.
12. The word “public” includes any class of the public or any community.
“Person”
“Public”
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