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Section 43 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
43. "Illegal", "Legally bound to do"
The word "illegal" is applicable to every thing which is an offence or which is prohibited by law, or which furnishes ground for a civil action; and a person is said to be "legally bound to do" whatever it is illegal in him to omit.
Related Sections
- Section 132: Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof
- Section 7: Sense of expression once explained
- Section 217: Public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
- Section 228: Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding
- Section 260: Using as genuine a Government stamp known to be a counterfeit
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