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Section 78 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
78. Act done pursuant to the judgment or order of Court
Nothing which is done in pursuance of, or which is warranted by the judgment or order of, a Court of Justice; if done whilst such judgment or order remains in force, is an offence, notwithstanding the Court may have had no jurisdiction to pass such judgment or order, provided the person doing the act in good faith believes that the Court had such jurisdiction.
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- Section 38: Persons concerned in criminal act may be guilty of different offences
- Section 199: False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence
- Section 346: Wrongful confinement in secret
- Section 7: Sense of expression once explained
- Section 99: Acts against which there is no right of private defense
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