Section 18 Indian Penal Code

Section 18 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 is about ”India”. It is under CHAPTER II (GENERAL EXPLANATIONS) of the Code.

”India”

“India” means the territory of India excluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

Section 12 Indian Penal Code

Section 12 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 is about   ”Public”. It is under CHAPTER II (GENERAL EXPLANATIONS) of the Code.

  ”Public”

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

Section 10 Indian Penal Code

Section 10 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 is about  ”Man”. ”Woman”. It is under CHAPTER II (GENERAL EXPLANATIONS) of the Code.

 ”Man”. ”Woman”

The word “man” denotes a male human being of any age; the word “woman” denotes a female human being of any age.

Section 9 Indian Penal Code (IPC)

Section 9 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 is about Number. It is under CHAPTER II (GENERAL EXPLANATIONS) of the Code.

Number

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.

Section 8 Indian Penal Code

Section 8 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 is about  Gender. It is under CHAPTER II (GENERAL EXPLANATIONS) of the Code.

 Gender

The pronoun “he” and its derivatives are used of any person, whether male or female.

Section 7 Indian Penal Code

Section 7 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 is about Sense of expression once explained. It is under CHAPTER II (GENERAL EXPLANATIONS) of the Code.

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 6 Indian Penal Code (IPC)

Section 6 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 is about Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions. It is under CHAPTER II (GENERAL EXPLANATIONS) of the Code.

Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions

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.

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Illustrations

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(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.

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(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”.