Legal Provisions of Section 1 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.
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This section gives a name, the Indian Penal Code, to this Act and clearly states that the Code shall be in operation throughout India except in the State of Jammu and Kashmir. In that State another Code, the Ranbir Penal Code, is in existence. Many provisions of these two Codes are similar in nature.
The expression ‘India’ has been defined in Section 18 of this Code as excluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir. According to Article 1 (1) of the Constitution of India, India shall be a Union of States. Article 1 (2) states that the States and the territories thereof shall be as specified in the First Schedule. Article 1 (3) says that the territory of India shall comprise (a) the territories of the States; (b) the Union territories specified in the first schedule; and (c) such other territories as may be acquired.
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The Indian Penal Code came into operation on January 1, 1862.