act 006 of 1861 : Commencement of Penal Code Act, 1861 [Repealed]

Commencement of Penal Code Act, 1861 [Repealed]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Repealed by Act 8 of 1868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 9^th 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 1^st 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.

act 006 of 1861 : Commencement of Penal Code Act, 1861 [Repealed]

Commencement of Penal Code Act, 1861 [Repealed]

Section 1. Penal Code to take effect on 1st January 1862

Section 2. Construction

Section 1. Penal Code to take effect on 1^st January 1862