Every person shall be liable to punishment under this Code and not otherwise for every act or omission contrary to the provisions thereof, of which he shall be guilty within 1 [India]2 ****.
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1. The original words "the said territories" have successively been amended by the A.O. 1937, the A.O. 1948, the A.O 1950 and Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch., to read as above.
2. The words and figures "on or after the said first day of May, 1861" rep. by Act 12 of 1891, s. 2 and the First Sch..
Section 1 Title and extent of operation of the Code
Section 2 Punishment of offences committed within India
Section 3 Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within, India
Section 4 Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences
Section 5 Certain laws not to be affected by this Act
Section 6 Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions
Section 7 Sense of expression once explained