Part II — Section 1
Chapter III
Chapter III
Sections in this chapter
- Section 14 — Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who is, or who by reason of a
- Section 15 — A has committed no offence.
- Section 16 — Nothing which is done in pursuance of, or which is warranted by the judgment or
- Section 17 — Nothing is an offence which is done by any person who is justified by law, or who
- Section 18 — A has committed no offence, though it may turn out that Z was acting in self-defence.
- Section 19 — Nothing is an offence merely by reason of its being done with the knowledge that
- Section 20 — Nothing is an offence which is done by a child under seven years of age.
- Section 21 — Nothing is an offence which is done by a child above seven years of age and under
- Section 22 — Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who, at the time of doing it, by
- Section 23 — Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who, at the time of doing it, is, by
- Section 24 — In cases where an act done is not an offence unless done with a particular knowledge
- Section 25 — Nothing which is not intended to cause death, or grievous hurt, and which is not
- Section 26 — Nothing, which is not intended to cause death, is an offence by reason of any harm
- Section 27 — Ahas committed no offence.
- Section 28 — A is within the exception, in as much as his object was the cure of the child.
- Section 29 — The exceptions in sections 25, 26 and 27 do not extend to acts which are offences
- Section 30 — Therefore, it is not an offence “by reason of such harm”; and the consent of the woman or of her guardian to the causing of such miscarriage does not justify the act.
- Section 31 — No communication made in good faith is an offence by reason of any harm to the
- Section 32 — Except murder, and offences against the State punishable with death, nothing is an
- Section 33 — Nothing is an offence by reason that it causes, or that it is intended to cause, or
- Section 34 — Nothing is an offence which is done in the exercise of the right of private defence.
- Section 35 — Every person has a right, subject to the restrictions contained in section 37, to defend
- Section 36 — When an act, which would otherwise be a certain offence, is not that offence, by
- Section 37 — ButA has the same right of private defence against Z, which he would have if Z were not acting under that misconception.
- Section 38 — The right of private defence of the body extends, under the restrictions specified in
- Section 39 — If the offence be not of any of the descriptions specified in section 38, the right of
- Section 40 — The right of private defence of the body commences as soon as a reasonable
- Section 41 — The right of private defence of property extends, under the restrictions specified in
- Section 42 — If the offence, the committing of which, or the attempting to commit which occasions
- Section 43 — The right of private defence of property,–
- Section 44 — If in the exercise of the right of private defence against an assault which reasonably