Nothing which is done in pursuance of, or which is warranted by the judgment or order of a court of justice, if done while the judgment or order remains in force, is an offence, notwithstanding the court may have had no jurisdiction to pass the judgment or order, provided the person doing the act in good faith believes that the court had such jurisdiction.
Section history
Section 78 — Act done pursuant to the judgment or order of a court of justice
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 78 — Original text to 30 November 2008superseded
Section 78 — From 30 November 2008 (current)rewritten by the Revised Edition
Nothing which is done in pursuance of, or which is warranted by, the judgment or order of a court of justice, if done while the judgment or order remains in force, is an offence, notwithstanding the court may have had no jurisdiction to pass the judgment or order, provided the person doing the act in good faith believes that the court had such jurisdiction.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 78]