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Section 36 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
36. Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission
Wherever the causing of a certain effect, or an attempt to cause that effect, by an act or by an omission, is an offence, it is to be understood that the causing of that effect partly by an act and partly by an omission is the same offence.
Illustration
A intentionally causes Z’s death, partly by illegally omitting to give Z food, and partly by beating Z. A has committed murder.
Related Sections
- Section 409: Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent
- Section 93: Communication made in good faith
- Section 21: Public Servant
- Section 221: Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of public servant bound to apprehend
- Section 292: Sale , etc., of obscene books, etc.
Related Acts
- Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy Act, 2017
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Act, 2019
- Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016
- National Forensic Sciences University Act, 2020
- Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015
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