The word "public" includes any class of the public or any community.
Section 1 Title and extent of operation of the Code
Section 2 Punishment of offences committed within India
Section 3 Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within, India
Section 4 Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences
Section 5 Certain laws not to be affected by this Act
Section 6 Definitions in the Code to be understood subject to exceptions
Section 7 Sense of expression once explained