Why can't overriding methods throw exceptions broader than the overridden method?

Question

I was going through SCJP 6 book by Kathe sierra and came across this explanations of throwing exceptions in overridden method. I quite didn\'t get it. Can any one explain it

Answer 1

What explanation do we attribute to the below

class BaseClass {

    public  void print() {
        System.out.println("In Parent Class , Print Method");
    }

    public static void display() {
        System.out.println("In Parent Class, Display Method");
    }

}


class DerivedClass extends BaseClass {

    public  void print() throws Exception {
        System.out.println("In Derived Class, Print Method");
    }

    public static void display() {
        System.out.println("In Derived Class, Display Method");
    }
}

Class DerivedClass.java throws a compile time exception when the print method throws a Exception , print () method of baseclass does not throw any exception

I am able to attribute this to the fact that Exception is narrower than RuntimeException , it can be either No Exception (Runtime error ), RuntimeException and their child exceptions