Section 6 of IPC 1860: Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions
Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions-Indian Penal Code
Throughout this Code every definition of an offence, every penal provision and every illustration of every such definition or penal provision, shall be understood subject to the exceptions contained in the Chapter entitled General ExceptionsÂ, though those exceptions are not repeated in such definition, penal provision, or illustration.