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SECTION 36 IPC - Indian Penal Code - Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission
Last Updated: 01 Jan, 2025
By Advocate Chikirsha Mohanty
As per new Indian Criminal law, IPC Section 36 has been replaced with BNS Section 3 with effect from July 1, 2024.
Please refer to BNS 3 for updated procedures & punishments.
Please refer to BNS 3 for updated procedures & punishments.
Wherever the causing of a certain effect, or an attempt to cause that effect, by an act or by an omission, is an offence, it is to be understood that the causing of that effect partly by an act and partly by an omission is the same offence.
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