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Section 2 — Definitions

From: The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

2. Definitions . -- In this Sanhita, unless the context otherwise requires, --

(1)“act” denotes as well a series of acts as a single act;
(2)“animal ” means any living creature, other than a human being;
(3)“child ” means any person below the age of eighteen years;
(4)“counterfeit ”.--A person is said to “counterfeit ” who causes one thing to resemble another thing, intending by means of that resemblance to practise deception, or knowing it to be likely that deception will thereby be practised.