(1) Where anything which is an offence is made up of parts, any of which parts is itself an offence, the offender shall not be punished with the punishment of more than one of such his offences, unless it be so expressly provided.
(2) Where-
(a) anything is an offence falling within two or more separate definitions
of any law in force for the time being by which offences are defined or
punished; or
(b) several acts, of which one or more than one would by itself or
themselves
constitute an offence, constitute, when combined, a different offence, the
offender shall not be punished with a more severe punishment than the Court
which tries him could award for any one of such offences.
Illustrations.
(a) A gives Z fifty strokes with a stick. Here A may have committed the
offence of voluntarily causing hurt to Z by the whole beating, and also by
each of the blows which make up the whole beating. If A were liable to
punishment for every blow, he might be imprisoned for fifty years, one for
each blow. But he is liable only to one punishment for the whole beating.
(b) But, if, while A is beating Z, Y interferes, and A intentionally strikes Y, here, as the blow given to Y is no part of the act whereby A voluntarily causes hurt to Z, A is liable to one punishment for voluntarily causing hurt to Z, and to another for the blow given to Y.
Section 1 Short title, commencement and application
Section 3 General explanations
Section 5 Commutation of sentence
Section 6 Fractions of terms of punishment
Section 7 Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple
Section 8 Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc
Section 9 Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences