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Section 16: Act Done Pursuant to Judgment or Order of Court

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

CHAPTER III: GENERAL EXCEPTIONS

Section 16: Act done pursuant to judgment or order of Court.

Bare Act

Nothing which is done in pursuance of, or which is warranted by the judgment or order of, a Court; if done whilst such judgment or order remains in force, is an offence, notwithstanding the Court may have had no jurisdiction to pass such judgment or order, provided the person doing the act in good faith believes that the Court had such jurisdiction.

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