Indian Penal Code
IPC 36 is now BNS 3(7).
Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission · BNS 3 brings it together with IPC 6, 7, 27, 32, 34, 35, 37 and 38.
Merged
Old wording kept in full
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. II
s. 36
Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission
Wherever the causing of a certain effect, or an attempt to cause that effect, by an act or by an omission, is an offence, it is to be understood that the causing of that effect partly by an act and partly by an omission is the same offence.
Illustration A intentionally causes Z's death, partly by illegally omitting to give Z food, and party by beating Z. A has committed murder.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. I
s. 3(7)of section 3
General explanations.
(7) Wherever the causing of a certain effect, or an attempt to cause that effect, by an act or by an omission, is an offence, it is to be understood that the causing of that effect partly by an act and partly by an omission is the same offence.
Illustration.
A intentionally causes Zs death, partly by illegally omitting to give Z food, and partly by beating Z. A has committed murder.
Text from India Code