section 43
''Illegal''."Legally bound to do".
The Indian Penal CodeCriminal1860575 sections
Statutory text
"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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