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Section 39 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
39. When such right extends to causing any harm other than death.
If the offence be not of any of the descriptions specified in section 38, the right of private defence of the body does not extend to the voluntary causing of death to the assailant, but does extend, under the restrictions specified in section 37, to the voluntary causing to the assailant of any harm other than death.
Related Sections
- Section 161: Abetment of assault by soldier, sailor or airman on his superior officer, when in execution of his office
- Section 85: Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty
- Section 116: Grievous hurt
- Section 1: Short title, commencement and application
- Section 65: Punishment for rape in certain cases
Related Acts
- National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Act, 2021
- Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 2023
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017
- Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024
- Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016
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