- PART I - PRELIMINARY
- PART II - INTERPRETATION
- PART III - TERRITORIAL APPLICATION OF THIS CODE
- PART IV - GENERAL RULES AS TO CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
- 7 Ignorance of law
- 8 Bona fide claim of right
- 9 Intention
- 10 Mistake of fact
- 11 Presumption of sanity
- 12 Insanity
- 13 Intoxication
- 14 Immature age
- 15 Judicial officers
- 16 Compulsion
- 17 Defence of defence of person or property
- 18 Use of force in effecting arrest
- 19 Compulsion by husband
- 20 Person not to be punished twice for same offence
- 7 Ignorance of law
- PART V - PARTIES TO OFFENCES
- PART VI - PUNISHMENTS
- 24 Imprisonment to be without hard labour
- 25 Person liable to certain imprisonment may be sentenced to
- 26 Fine in addition to, or instead of, imprisonment
- 26A Weekend detention
- 27 Concurrent sentences
- 28 Warrants and orders
- 28A Suspended sentence of imprisonment
- 28B Deferment of sentence
- 29 Fines
- 30 Imprisonment in default of payment
- 31 Distress
- 32 Suspension of execution of sentence of imprisonment in de
- 33 Commitment in lieu of distress
- 34 Payment after committment
- 35 Security for keeping the peace
- 36 Security for coming up for judgment
- 37 Residence Orders
- 38 Discharge of offender without punishment
- 39 Offenders under the age of 16 years
- 40 Police supervision
- 41 Power to make regulations for section 40
- 42 General punishment for misdemeanours
- 43 Escaped convicts to serve unexpired sentence when recaptu
- 44 Sentence on escaped convict
- 45 Power of court to order forfeiture, and payment of compen
- 46 Compensation for personal injury
- 24 Imprisonment to be without hard labour
- PART VII - OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND EXTERNAL TRANQU
- 47 Treason by the law of England
- 48 Instigating invasion
- 49 Concealment of treason
- 50 Treasonable felonies
- 51 Limitations as to trial for treason, misprision of treaso
- 52 Inciting to mutiny
- 53 Aiding soldiers or police officers in acts of mutiny
- 54 Inducing soldiers or police officers to desert
- 55 Aiding prisoners of war to escape
- 56 Definition of overt acts
- 57 Unlawful oaths to commit certain offences
- 58 Compulsion how far a defence
- 59 Unlawful drilling
- 60 Spreading false rumours, etc.
- 61 repealed
- 47 Treason by the law of England
- PART VIII - OFFENCES AGAINST THE LAW OF NATIONS
- PART IX - SEDITION AND OTHER OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC TRANQUI
- 64 Interpretation
- 65 Determination of seditious intention
- 66 Offences
- 67 Legal proceedings
- 68 Suspension of newspaper
- 69 Punishment for disobeying orders under section 68
- 70 Prohibition of circulation of seditious publication
- 71 Duty to deliver up prohibited publications
- 72 Search warrants
- 73 Discharge of prohibition order
- 74 Forfeiture
- 75 Power to prohibit importation of publication
- 76 Importation etc. of prohibited publication
- 77 Possession of prohibited publication
- 78 Delivery up of prohibited publication
- 79 Effect of compliance with, or conviction under, section 7
- 80 Power to examine packages
- 81 Saving of other powers
- 82 Challenge to fight a duel
- 83 Threatening violence
- 84 Assembling for the purpose of smuggling
- 64 Interpretation
- PART X - CORRUPTION AND THE ABUSE OF OFFICE
- 85 Official corruption
- 86 Extortion by public officers
- 87 Public officers receiving property to show favour
- 88 Officers charged with administration of property of speci
- 89 False claims by officials
- 90 Abuse of office
- 91 False certificates by public officers
- 92 Unauthorised administration of oaths
- 93 False assumption of authority
- 94 Personating public officers
- 95 Threat of injury to persons employed in public service
- 85 Official corruption
- PART X1 - PERJURY AND FALSE STATEMENTS AND DECLARATIONS
- 96 Perjury
- 97 False statements on oath made otherwise than in a judicia
- 98 False statements etc. with reference to marriage
- 99 False statements, etc. as to births, or deaths
- 100 False statutory declarations and other false statements
- 101 False declarations, etc., to obtain registration, etc.,
- 102 Aiders, abettors, suborners, etc.
- 103 Corroboration
- 104 Fabricating evidence
- 105 Inconsistent or contradictory statement
- 106 Proof of certain proceedings on which perjury is alleged
- 107 Forms and ceremonies of oath immaterial
- 96 Perjury
- PART XII - OTHER OFFENCES RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF
- PART XIII - RESCUES AND ESCAPES AND OBSTRUCTING OFFICERS OF
- PART XIV - MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC AUTHORITY
- PART XV - OFFENCES RELATING TO RELIGION
- PART XVI - OFFENCES AGAINST MORALITY
- 128 Definition of rape
- 129 Punishment of rape
- 130 Attempt
- 131 Abduction
- 132 Abduction of girl under 18 years of age with intent to h
- 133 Indecent assaults on females
- 134 Defilement of girl under 13 years of age
- 135 Defilement of a girl between 13 and 15 years of age, or
- 136 Procuration
- 137 Procuring defilement of woman by threats or fraud or adm
- 138 Householder permitting defilement of girl under 13 years
- 139 Householder permitting defilement of girl under 15 years
- 140 Detention with intention or in a brothel
- 141 Disposing of minors under the age of 15 years for immora
- 142 Obtaining minors under the age of 15 years for immoral p
- 143 Power of search
- 144 Authority of court as to custody of girls
- 145 Male person living on earnings of prostitution or persis
- 146 Woman for gain controlling, etc., prostitution of anothe
- 147 Suspicious premises
- 148 Brothels
- 149 Conspiracy to defile
- 150 Attempts to procure abortion
- 151 The like by woman with child
- 152 Supplying drugs or instruments to procure abortion
- 153 Unnatural offences
- 154 Attempts to commit unnatural offences and indecent assau
- 155 Indecent practices between males
- 156 Incest
- 157 Test of relationship
- 158 Sexual intercourse with certain collaterals
- 159 Sanction of Attorney-General
- 160 Ignorance of age of female immaterial
- 161 Definition of sexual intercourse
- 128 Definition of rape
- PART XVII - OFFENCES RELATING TO MARRIAGE
- PART XVIII - NUISANCES AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES
- 165 Common nuisance
- 166 Traffic in obscene publications
- 167 Idle and disorderly person
- 168 Rogues and vagabonds
- 169 Offences in public way, etc.
- 170 Drunk and incapable
- 171 Shouting etc., in town, etc.
- 172 Polluting or obstructing watercourses
- 173 Posting placards, etc., on walls without consent of the
- 174 Inciting dogs, etc., to attack
- 175 Wearing of uniform without authority prohibited
- 176 Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dang
- 177 Adulteration of food, drink or drugs intended for sale
- 178 Sale of noxious food or drink or adulterated drugs
- 179 Fouling air
- 180 Offensive trades
- 181 Endangering property with fire, etc.
- 182 Criminal trespass
- 183 Sorcery
- 165 Common nuisance
- PART XIX - DEFAMATION
- PART XX - MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER
- 192 Manslaughter
- 193 Murder
- 194 Killing in the course of another offence
- 195 Malice aforethought
- 196 Person suffering from diminished responsibility
- 197 Cases in which intentional homicide is reduced to mansla
- 198 Provocation
- 199 Infanticide
- 200 Causing death defined
- 201 When child deemed to be a person
- 202 Limitation as to time of death
- 192 Manslaughter
- PART XXI - DUTIES RELATING TO THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE AND H
- PART XXII - OFFENCES CONNECTED WITH MURDER AND SUICIDE
- PART XXIII - OFFENCES ENDANGERING LIFE AND HEALTH
- 216 Disabling in order to commit felony or misdemeanour
- 217 Stupifying in order to commit felony or misdemeanour
- 218 Acts intended to cause grievous harm or prevent arrest
- 219 Preventing escape from wreck
- 220 Grievous harm
- 221 Attempting to injure by explosive substances
- 222 Maliciously administering poison with intent to harm
- 223 Unlawful wounding
- 224 Unlawful poisoning
- 225 Failure to supply necessaries
- 226 Cruelty to children
- 227 Surgical operation
- 228 Excess of force
- 229 Consent
- 216 Disabling in order to commit felony or misdemeanour
- PART XXIV - CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS AND NEGLIGENCE
- 230 Reckless and negligent acts
- 231 Other negligent acts causing harm
- 232 Dealing in poisonous substances in negligent manner
- 233 Endangering safety of persons travelling by aircraft, ve
- 234 Exhibition of false light
- 235 Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overload
- 236 Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigatio
- 230 Reckless and negligent acts
- PART XXV - ASSAULTS
- PART XXVI - OFFENCES AGAINST LIBERTY
- 241 Definition of kidnapping and abduction
- 242 Punishment for kidnapping
- 243 Kidnapping or abducting with intent to confine person
- 244 Kidnapping or abducting in order to subject person to gr
- 245 Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement kidnappe
- 246 Child stealing
- 247 Abducting of girls under 15 years
- 248 Punishment for wrongful confinement
- 249 Unlawful compulsory labour
- 241 Definition of kidnapping and abduction
- PART XXVII - LARCENY, EMBEZZLEMENT AND CONVERSION
- 250 Things capable of being stolen
- 251 Definition of theft
- 252 Stealing and embezzlement by co-partners, etc.
- 253 Husband and wife
- 254 General punishment for theft
- 255 Larceny of will
- 256 Larceny of documents of title and other legal documents
- 257 Larceny of electricity
- 258 Larceny of minerals
- 259 Larceny of postal packets
- 260 Embezzlement by officer of post office
- 261 Definitions relating to larceny and embezzlement of post
- 262 Larceny in dwelling-house
- 263 Larceny from the person
- 264 Larceny from ship, dock, etc.
- 265 Larceny by tenant or lodger
- 266 Larceny and embezzlement by clerks or servants
- 267 Larceny of cattle
- 268 Larceny of dog
- 269 Larceny of creatures not the subject of larceny at commo
- 270 Larceny of fish
- 271 Conversion
- 250 Things capable of being stolen
- PART XXVIII - STEALING AND DAMAGING TREES, FIXTURES, ETC.
- PART XXIX - OTHER OFFENCES ALLIED TO STEALING
- 276 Fraudulent destruction of documents
- 277 Fraudulent destruction of documents of title
- 278 Fraudulent destruction of wills
- 279 Fraudulent destruction of record, writ, etc.
- 280 Miners removing minerals
- 281 Killing tame birds, etc.
- 282 Killing animals with intent to steal
- 283 Larceny of or dredging for oysters
- 284 Factors obtaining advances on the property of their prin
- 285 Unlawful use of vehicles
- 276 Fraudulent destruction of documents
- PART XXX - ROBBERY AND EXTORTION
- PART XXXI - BURGLARY, HOUSEBREAKING AND SIMILAR OFFENCES
- PART XXXII - FRAUDS BY TRUSTEES AND PERSONS IN A POSITION OF
- PART XXXIII - FALSE PRETENCES
- PART XXXIV - RECEIVING PROPERTY STOLEN OR UNLAWFULLY OBTAINE
- PART XXXV - OFFENCES INVOLVING INJURY TO PROPERTY
- 312 Arson
- 313 Attempts to commit arson
- 314 Setting fire to crops and growing plants
- 315 Attempting to set fire on crops, etc.
- 316 Casting away vessels
- 317 Attempts to cast away vessels
- 318 Injuring animals
- 319 Punishment for malicious injuries in general and in spec
- 320 Attempts to destroy property by explosives
- 321 Communicating infectious diseases to animals
- 322 Removing boundary marks with intent to defraud
- 323 Wilful damage, etc., to survey and boundary marks
- 324 Threats to burn, etc.
- 312 Arson
- PART XXXVI - FORGERY, COINING, COUNTERFEITING AND SIMILAR OF
- 325 Definitions for purposes of sections relating to forgery
- 326 Definition of forgery
- 327 False document
- 328 Intent to defraud
- 329 Forgery of certain documents with intent to defraud
- 330 Forgery of certain documents with intent to defraud or d
- 331 Forging copies of certificates of records
- 332 Forging registers of births, baptisms, marriages, death
- 333 Making false entry in copies of register sent to registr
- 334 Forgery of other document with intent to defraud or dece
- 335 Forgery of seals and dyes
- 336 Uttering
- 337 Uttering cancelled or exhausted documents
- 338 Demanding property on forged documents
- 339 Possession of forged documents, seals and dies
- 340 Making or having in possession paper or implements for f
- 341 Purchasing or having in possession certain paper before
- 342 Falsifying warrant for money payable under public author
- 343 Procuring execution of documents by false pretences
- 344 Letter written for certain persons to be signed etc., by
- 345 Counterfeiting
- 346 Gilding, silvering, filing and altering
- 347 Impairing gold or silver coin and unlawfully possession
- 348 Uttering and possession with intent to utter
- 349 Buying or selling etc., counterfeit coin for lower value
- 350 Importing and exporting counterfeit coin
- 351 Making, possessing and selling medals resembling gold or
- 352 Making, mending and having possession of coining impleme
- 353 Breaking up coin suspected to be counterfeit
- 354 Evidence of coin being counterfeit
- 355 Defacing and uttering defaced coins
- 356 Melting down of currency
- 357 Mutilating or defacing currency notes
- 358 Imitation of currency
- 359 Forfeiture of forged bank notes, currency notes, etc.
- 325 Definitions for purposes of sections relating to forgery
- PART XXXVII - PERSONATION
- PART XXXVIII - SECRET COMMISSIONS AND CORRUPT PRACTICES
- PART XXXIX - ATTEMPTS
- PART XL - CONSPIRACIES
- PART XLI - ACCESSORIES AFTER THE FACT
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1 Short title.............................................................................................................. 15 2 Saving of certain laws..........................................................................................15
3 General rule of construction of Code...................................................................16 4 Inter pretation........................................................................................................ 16
5 Appl ication of Code.............................................................................................20 6 Offences committed partly within and partly beyond the jurisdiction................. 20
7 Ignorance of law .................................................................................................. 20 8 Bona fide claim of right ....................................................................................... 21 9 Inten tion...............................................................................................................21 10 Mistake of fact ..................................................................................................... 21 11 Presumption of sanity .......................................................................................... 21 12 Insanity................................................................................................................. 21 13 Intoxication .......................................................................................................... 22 14 Imm ature age ....................................................................................................... 22 15 Judicial officers....................................................................................................22 16 Compulsion..........................................................................................................23 17 Defence of defence of person or property............................................................ 23 18 Use of force in effecting arrest............................................................................. 23 19 Compulsion by husband....................................................................................... 23 20 Person not to be punished twice for same offence...............................................23
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21 Principal Offences................................................................................................24 22 Offe nces committed by joint offenders in prosecution of common purpose .......24 23 Counselling another to commit an offence...........................................................24
24 Impr isonment to be without hard labour ..............................................................25 25 Person liable to certain imprisonment may be sentenced to shorter term ............25 26 Fine in addition to, or instead of, imprisonment ..................................................25 26A Wee kend detention...............................................................................................25 27 Concurrent sentences............................................................................................26 28 Warr ants and orders .............................................................................................26 28A Susp ended sentence of imprisonment ..................................................................27 28B Defe rment of sentence..........................................................................................29 29 Fines .....................................................................................................................30 30 Impr isonment in default of payment ....................................................................31 31 Distr ess.................................................................................................................31 32 Susp ension of execution of sentence of imprisonment in default of a fine..........32 33 Com mitment in lieu of distress ............................................................................34 34 Payment after committment .................................................................................34 35 Secu rity for keeping the peace .............................................................................35 36 Secu rity for coming up for judgment ...................................................................35 37 Residence Orders..................................................................................................36 38 Disc harge of offender without punishment..........................................................36 39 Offe nders under the age of 16 years.....................................................................37 40 Police supervision ................................................................................................38 41 Power to make regulations for section 40 ............................................................38 42 General punishment for misdemeanours..............................................................39 43 Escaped convicts to serve unexpired sentence when recaptured..........................39 44 Sentence on escaped convict ................................................................................39 45 Power of court to order forfeiture, and payment of compensation, in certain
cases .....................................................................................................................39 46 Com pensation for personal injury ........................................................................39
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55 Aiding prisoners of war to escape........................................................................ 42 56 Definition of overt acts ........................................................................................ 42 57 Unlawful oaths to commit certain offences ......................................................... 42 58 Com pulsion how far a defence ............................................................................ 43 59 Unla wful drilling.................................................................................................. 44 60 Spreading false rumours, etc................................................................................ 44 61 repealed .............................................................................................................. 44
62 Genocide .............................................................................................................. 44 63 Pirac y ................................................................................................................... 45
64 Inter pretation........................................................................................................ 45 65 Determination of seditious intention.................................................................... 46 66 Offe nces...............................................................................................................47 67 Lega l proceedings................................................................................................47 68 Susp ension of newspaper.....................................................................................47 69 Punishment for disobeying orders under section 68 ............................................ 48 70 Prohibition of circulation of seditious publication............................................... 48 71 Duty to deliver up prohibited publications .......................................................... 48 72 Search warrants....................................................................................................49 73 Disc harge of prohibition order.............................................................................49 74 Forfeiture ............................................................................................................. 49 75 Power to prohibit importation of publication....................................................... 49 76 Importation etc. of prohibited publication ........................................................... 49 77 Possession of prohibited publication ................................................................... 50 78 Delivery up of prohibited publication..................................................................50 79 Effect of compliance with, or conviction under, section 78 ................................ 50 80 Power to examine packages.................................................................................50 81 Saving of other powers ........................................................................................ 51 82 Challenge to fight a duel......................................................................................51 83 Thre atening violence............................................................................................ 51 84 Asse mbling for the purpose of smuggling ........................................................... 51
85 Official corruption ............................................................................................... 52 86 Extortion by public officers ................................................................................. 52 87 Public officers receiving property to show favour...............................................52 88 Officers charged with administration of property of special character or
with special duties................................................................................................ 52 89 False claims by officials....................................................................................... 53 90 Abuse of office..................................................................................................... 53 91 False certificates by public officers ..................................................................... 53
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92 Unauthorised administration of oaths...................................................................53 93 False assumption of authority ..............................................................................54 94 Personating public officers...................................................................................54 95 Thre at of injury to persons employed in public service .......................................54
PART X1 - PERJURY AND FALSE STATEMENTS AND DECLARATIONS 55
96 Perjury..................................................................................................................55 97 False statements on oath made otherwise than in a judicial proceeding ..............55 98 False statements etc. with reference to marriage..................................................55 99 False statements, etc. as to births, or deaths.........................................................56 100 False statutory declarations and other false statements without oath...................56 101 False declarations, etc., to obtain registration, etc., for carrying on a
vocation................................................................................................................57 102 Aide rs, abettors, suborners, etc. ...........................................................................57 103 Corroboration .......................................................................................................57 104 Fabricating evidence ............................................................................................57 105 Inconsistent or contradictory statement................................................................58 106 Proo f of certain proceedings on which perjury is alleged ....................................58 107 Forms and ceremonies of oath immaterial ...........................................................58
108 Dece iving witnesses .............................................................................................59 109 Destroying evidence.............................................................................................59 110 Cons piracy to defeat justice and interference with witnesses ..............................59 111 Compounding felonies .........................................................................................59 112 Compounding penal actions .................................................................................59 113 Advertisements for stolen property ......................................................................60 114 Corr uptly taking a reward ....................................................................................60 115 Offe nces relating to judicial proceedings.............................................................60
116 Rescue ..................................................................................................................61 117 Resisting arrest and escape...................................................................................62 118 Aiding prisoners to escape ...................................................................................62 119 Rem oval etc., of property taken under lawful seizure..........................................62 120 Obst ructing court officers.....................................................................................62
121 Frauds and breaches of trust by persons employed in the public service.............63 122 False information to public servant......................................................................63
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123 Insult to religion of any class...............................................................................63 124 Disturbing religious assemblies ........................................................................... 63 125 Trespassing on burial places ................................................................................ 64 126 Hind ering burial of dead body, etc. ..................................................................... 64 127 Writing or uttering words with intent to wound religious feelings......................64
128 Definition of rape.................................................................................................64 129 Punishment of rape .............................................................................................. 64 130 Atte mpt ................................................................................................................ 65 131 Abduction............................................................................................................. 65 132 Abduction of girl under 18 years of age with intent to have sexual
intercourse............................................................................................................ 65 133 Indecent assaults on females................................................................................65 134 Defilement of girl under 13 years of age ............................................................. 65 135 Defilement of a girl between 13 and 15 years of age, or of idiot or imbecile...... 66 136 Procuration........................................................................................................... 66 137 Proc uring defilement of woman by threats or fraud or administering drugs ....... 67 138 PENAL CODE
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Arrangement of Sections Section
PART I - PRELIMINARY 15
PART II - IN TERPRETATION 16
PART III - TERRITORIAL APPLICATION OF THIS CODE 20
PART IV - GENERAL RULES AS TO CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY 20
PART V - P ARTIES TO OFFENCES
PART VI - PUNISHMENTS 25
47 Treason by the law of England.............................................................................40 48 Instigating invasion ..............................................................................................40 49 Concealment of treason........................................................................................40 50 Treasonable felonies.............................................................................................40 51 Limitations as to trial for treason, misprision of treason, or treasonable felonies. At least two witnesses necessary. ..........................................................41 52 Inciting to mutiny.................................................................................................41 53 Aiding soldiers or police officers in acts of mutiny .............................................41 54 Inducing soldiers or police officers to desert .......................................................42 Page 4 2008 Revised Edition PART VIII - OFFENCES AGAINST THE LAW OF NATIONS 44
PART IX - SEDITION AND OTHER OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC TRANQUILI TY 45
PART X - CORRUP TION AND THE ABUSE OF OFFICE 52
PART XII - OTHER OFFENCES RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE 59
PART XIII - RESCUES AND ESCAPES AND OBSTRUCTING OFFICERS OF COURT 61
PART XIV - MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC AUTHORITY 63
PART XV - OFFENCES RELATING TO RELIGION
PART XVI - OFFENCES AGAINST MORALITY 64