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IPC Chapter IISection 12

Section12

“Public”

The word “public” includes any class of the public or any community.

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Chapter II

General Explanations

In this chapter

6Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions
7Sense of expression once explained
8Gender
9Number

Previous · Section 11“Person”Next · Section 13Definition of “Queen”

10

“Man” “Woman”

13Definition of “Queen”

14“Servant of Government”

15Definition of “British India”

16Definition of “Government of India”

17“Government”

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”

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”

49“Year”, “Month”

50“Section”

52“Good faith”

52A“Harbour”