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Section 42 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
42. When such right extends to causing any harm other than death.
If the offence, the committing of which, or the attempting to commit which occasions the exercise of the right of private defence, be theft, mischief, or criminal trespass, not of any of the descriptions specified in section 41, that right does not extend to the voluntary causing of death, but does extend, subject to the restrictions specified in section 37, to the voluntary causing to the wrong-doer of any harm other than death.
Related Sections
- Section 113: Terrorist act
- Section 207: Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof
- Section 311: Robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt
- Section 41: When right of private defence of property extends to causing death
- Section 292: Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for
Related Acts
- Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Act, 2016
- National Sports University Act, 2018
- Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Act, 2019
- Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021
- Indian Antarctic Act, 2022
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