Commencement of Penal Code Act, 1861 [Repealed]
ACTNO. 6 OF 1861
04 September, 1861
Repealed by Act 8 of 1868
Passed by the Legislative Council of India.
(Received the assent of the Governor-General on the 9th April 1861.)
PREAMBLE
An Act to alter the time from which the Indian Penal Code shall take effect.
Section 1. Penal Code to take effect on 1st January 1862
Act XLV of 1860, called the Indian Penal Code, shall not take effect until the first day of January 1862, and shall take effect on and from that day.
Section 2. Construction
Every part of the said Act, in which the first day of May 1861 is mentioned, shall be read and construed as if the first day of January 1862 had been mentioned therein, instead of the first day of May 1861.