THE PENAL CODE THE PENAL CODE (INDIA ACT XLV, 1860) (1st May, 1861) [ Amendment : 07.01.2016, 25.03.2019 ] CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1. * * * * Punishment of offences committed within the Union of Burma. 2. Every person shall be liable to punishment under this Code and not otherwise for every act or omission contrary to the provisions thereof, which he shall be guilty within the Union of Burma. Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within the Union of Burma. 3. Any person liable, by any law in force in the Union of Burma, to be tried for an offence committed beyond the limits of the Union of Burma shall be delth with according to the provisions of this Code for any act committed beyond the Union of Burma in the same manner as if such act had been committed within the Union of Burma. Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences. 4. The provisions of this Code apply also to any offence committed by (any citizen of the Union wherever he may be). Explanation. - In this section the word “offence” includes every act committed outside the Union of Burma which, if committed in the Union of Burma, would be punishable under this Code. Certain laws not to be affected by this Code. 5. Nothing in this Code is intended to affect any Act for punishing Defence Services Personnel or any special or local law. <Amendment 07.01.2016> CHAPTER II GENERAL EXPLANATIONS Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions. 6. Throughout this Code every definition of an offence, 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. Page 1 of 125