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IPC Section 43 - "Illegal". "Legally bound to do "
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 43 deals with "illegal". "legally bound to do ".
Full official legal text
43. "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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