Act Number: 45

Act Name: The Indian Penal Code, 1860

Year: 1860

Enactment Date: 1860-10-06

Long Title: It is expedient to provide a general Penal Code forindia;

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Internal Security

Section 42: ''Local law''.
    A "local law" is a law applicable only to a particular part of 1 [ 2 ***3 [India]].
Notes:
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1948, for "British India".
2. The words "the territories comprised in" omitted by Act 48 of 1952, s. 3 and the Second Sch.
3. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch., for "the States" which had been subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "the Provinces".
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