LawgistThe Indian Penal Code
17''Government''
1[17 “Government”.--The word "Government" denotes the Central Government or the Government of a 2***State.]
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1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for section 17.
2. The word and letter "Part A" omitted by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch.
GENERAL EXPLANATIONS
- 6 Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions
- 7 Sense of expression once explained
- 8 Gender
- 9 Number
- 10 ''Man''. ''Woman''
- 11 ''Person''
- 12 ''Public''
- 13 [Omitted.]
- 14 ''Servant of Government''
- 15 [Repealed.]
- 16 [Repealed .]
- 17 ''Government''
- 18 ''India''
- 19 ''Judge''
- 20 ''Court of Justice''
- 21 ''Public servant''
- 22 ''Moveable property''
- 23 ''Wrongful gain''
- 24 ''Dishonestly''
- 25 ''Fraudulently''
- 26 ''Reason to believe''
- 27 Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant
- 28 ''Counterfeit''
- 29 ''Document''
- 29A ''Electronic record''
- 30 ''Valuable security''
- 31 ''A will''
- 32 Words referring to acts include illegal omissions
- 33 ''Act''."Omission
- 34 Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention
- 35 When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention
- 36 Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission
- 37 Co-operation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence
- 38 Persons concerned in criminal act may be guilty of different offences
- 39 ''Voluntarily''
- 40 ''Offence''
- 41 ''Special law''
- 42 ''Local law''
- 43 ''Illegal''."Legally bound to do"
- 45 ''Life''
- 47 ''Animal''
- 48 ''Vessel''
- 49 ''Year''."Month
- 50 ''Section''
- 51 ''Oath''
- 52 ''Good faith''
- 52A ''Harbour-''
