25 CAP. 224 Penal Code 2008 Ed. CHAPTER II GENERAL EXPLANATIONS Definitions in this Code to be understood subject to exceptions 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 7 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 7 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”. [Indian PC 1860, s. 6] Expression once explained is used in the same sense throughout this Code 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. [Indian PC 1860, s. 7] “Gender” 8. The pronoun “he” and its derivatives are used of any person, whether male or female. [Indian PC 1860, s. 8] Informal Consolidation – version in force from 1/4/2015