2006-09-25 19:58:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Indian Penal Code (IPC) provides a legal/penal code - and applies to any criminal offence committed by an Indian Citizen anywhere and on any Indian registered ship or aircraft (This law does not however apply to the armed forces of India).
The draft of the Indian Penal Code was prepared by the First Law Commission, chaired by Lord Macaulay. Its basis is the law of England freed from superfluities and technicalities, while recognising local peculiarities as well.
Suggestions were also derived from the French Penal Code and from Livingstone's Code of Louisiana. The draft underwent a very careful revision at the hands of Sir Barnes Peacock, Chief Justice, and the Judges of the Calcutta Supreme Court who were members of the Legislative Council. It was finally passed into law, in 1860, and came into force in 1862.
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2006-09-25 20:14:14 · answer #1 · answered by Shushana 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Indian Penal Code (IPC) provides a penal code for all of India including Jammu and Kashmir, where it was renamed the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC). The code applies to any offence committed by an Indian Citizen anywhere and on any Indian registered ship or aircraft (This law does not however apply to the armed forces or supersede any other acts). The draft of the Indian Penal Code was prepared by the First Law Commission. It was chaired by Lord Macaulay. Its basis is the law of England freed from superfluities, technicalities and local peculiarities. Suggestions were also derived from the French Penal Code and from Livingstone's Code of Louisiana. The draft underwent a very careful revision at the hands of Sir Barnes Peacock, Chief Justice, and puisne Judges of the Calcutta Supreme Court who were members of the Legislative Council, and was passed into law in 1860, unfortunately Macaulay did not survive to see his masterpiece enacted into a law.
Though it is principally the work of a man who had hardly held a brief, and whose time was devoted to politics and literature, yet it universally acknowledged to be a monument of codification and an everlasting memorial to the high juristic attainments of its distinguished author. For example even cyber crimes can be punished under the code.
Indian Penal Code came into force in 1862 (during the British Raj) and is regularly amended, such as to include section 498-A. The code contains several sections related to dowry law in India. The nature of which has lead to allegations of abuse of those laws.
Some sections of the penal code have become popular culture references, such as Section 420 of the Penal Code. Confidence tricksters in India and Pakistan, where the penal code apply are called 420, after this section.
The Indian Penal Code was inherited by Pakistan and Bangladesh, formerly part of British India. It was also adopted wholesale by the British colonial authorities in Burma, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, and remains the basis of the criminal codes in those countries.
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2006-09-25 20:22:36 · answer #2 · answered by czar_khan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Indian Penal Code came into force in 1862; as amended, it continued in force in 1993. Based on British criminal law, the code defines basic crimes and punishments, applies to resident foreigners and citizens alike, and recognizes offenses committed abroad by Indian nationals.
The penal code classifies crimes under various categories: crimes against the state, the armed forces, public order, the human body, and property; and crimes relating to elections, religion, marriage, and health, safety, decency, and morals. Crimes are cognizable or noncognizable, comparable to the distinction between felonies and misdemeanors in legal use in the United States. Six categories of punishment include fines, forfeiture of property, simple imprisonment, rigorous imprisonment with hard labor, life imprisonment, and death. An individual can be imprisoned for failure to pay fines, and up to three months' solitary confinement can occur during rare rigorous imprisonment sentences. Commutation is possible for death and life sentences. Executions are by hanging and are rare--there were only three in 1993 and two in 1994--and are usually reserved for crimes such as political assassination and multiple murders.
2006-09-25 20:35:49 · answer #3 · answered by JFAD 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Indian Penal Code is the Legal document for India.
The List of Crimes and anti social activities are listed against
each code sothat the legal persons can refer to it.
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2006-09-25 20:04:31 · answer #4 · answered by mannan_malar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is in addition to the other answers. Indian Penal Code is one of the basic substantive criminal law of India. Basically draft of Lord Mecalley. It defines crimes and stipulates punishment of each. One of the finely crafted statute in the Indian Statute book.
2006-09-28 21:26:15 · answer #5 · answered by busac 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋