Section 43 IPC — "Illegal". "Legally bound to do"

Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Official PDF page 15

43. "Illegal". "Legally bound to do".--The word "illegal" is applicable to everything which is an offence or which is prohibited by law, or which furnishes ground for a civil action; and a person is said to be "legally bound to do" whatever it is illegal in him to omit.

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