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Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Act 45 of 2023.
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Section 1 Short title, commencement and application.
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Section 2 Definitions.
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Section 3 General explanations.
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Section 4 Punishments.
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Section 5 Commutation of sentence.
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Section 6 Fractions of terms of punishment.
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Section 7 Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple.
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Section 8 Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc.
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Section 9 Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences.
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Section 10 Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which.
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Section 11 Solitary confinement.
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Section 12 Limit of solitary confinement.
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Section 13 Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction.
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Section 14 Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law.
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Section 15 Act of Judge when acting judicially.
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Section 16 Act done pursuant to judgment or order of Court.
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Section 17 Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself justified, by law.
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Section 18 Accident in doing a lawful act.
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Section 19 Act likely to cause harm, but done without criminal intent, and to prevent other harm.
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Section 20 Act of a child under seven years of age.
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Section 21 Act of a child above seven and under twelve years of age of immature understanding.
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Section 22 Act of a person of unsound mind.
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Section 23 Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason of intoxication caused against his will.
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Section 24 Offence requiring a particular intent or knowledge committed by one who is intoxicated.
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Section 25 Act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done by consent.
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Section 26 Act not intended to cause death, done by consent in good faith for person's benefit.
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Section 27 Act done in good faith for benefit of child or person of unsound mind, by, or by consent of guardian.
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Section 28 Consent known to be given under fear or misconception.
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Section 29 Exclusion of acts which are offences independently of harm caused.
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Section 30 Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent.
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Section 31 Communication made in good faith.
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Section 32 Act to which a person is compelled by threats.
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Section 33 Act causing slight harm.
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Section 34 Things done in private defence.
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Section 35 Right of private defence of body and of property.
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Section 36 Right of private defence against act of a person of unsound mind, etc.
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Section 37 Acts against which there is no right of private defence.
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Section 38 When right of private defence of body extends to causing death.
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Section 39 When such right extends to causing any harm other than death.
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Section 40 Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of body.
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Section 41 When right of private defence of property extends to causing death.
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Section 42 When such right extends to causing any harm other than death.
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Section 43 Commencement and continuance of right of private defence of property.
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Section 44 Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person.
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Section 45 Abetment of a thing.
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Section 46 Abettor.
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Section 47 Abetment in India of offences outside India.
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Section 48 Abetment outside India for offence in India.
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Section 49 Punishment of abetment if act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment.
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Section 50 Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor.
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Section 51 Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act done.
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Section 52 Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done.
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Section 53 Liability of abettor for an effect caused by act abetted different from that intended by abettor.
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Section 54 Abettor present when offence is committed.
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Section 55 Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life.
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Section 56 Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment.
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Section 57 Abetting commission of offence by public or by more than ten persons.
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Section 58 Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life.
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Section 59 Public servant concealing design to commit offence which it is his duty to prevent.
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Section 60 Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment.
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Section 61 Criminal conspiracy.
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Section 62 Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment.
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Section 63 Rape.
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Section 64 Punishment for rape.
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Section 65 Punishment for rape in certain cases.
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Section 66 Punishment for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim.
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Section 67 Sexual intercourse by husband upon his wife during separation.
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Section 68 Sexual intercourse by a person in authority.
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Section 69 Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means, etc.
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Section 70 Gang rape.
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Section 71 Punishment for repeat offenders.
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Section 72 Disclosure of identity of victim of certain offences, etc.
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Section 73 Printing or publishing any matter relating to Court proceedings without permission.
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Section 74 Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty.
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Section 75 Sexual harassment.
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Section 76 Assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe.
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Section 77 Voyeurism.
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Section 78 Stalking.
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Section 79 Word, gesture or act intended to insult modesty of a woman.
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Section 80 Dowry death.
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Section 81 Cohabitation caused by man deceitfully inducing belief of lawful marriage.
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Section 82 Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife.
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Section 83 Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage.
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Section 84 Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman.
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Section 85 Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty.
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Section 86 Cruelty defined.
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Section 87 Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc.
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Section 88 Causing miscarriage.
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Section 89 Causing miscarriage without woman's consent.
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Section 90 Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage.
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Section 91 Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause to die after birth.
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Section 92 Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide.
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Section 93 Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years of age, by parent or person having care of it.
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Section 94 Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body.
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Section 95 Hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence.
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Section 96 Procuration of child.
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Section 97 Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years of age with intent to steal from its person.
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Section 98 Selling child for purposes of prostitution, etc.
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Section 99 Buying child for purposes of prostitution, etc.
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Section 100 Culpable homicide.
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Section 101 Murder.
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Section 102 Culpable homicide by causing death of person other than person whose death was intended.
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Section 103 Punishment for murder.
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Section 104 Punishment for murder by life-convict.
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Section 105 Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
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Section 106 Causing death by negligence.
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Section 107 Abetment of suicide of child or person of unsound mind.
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Section 108 Abetment of suicide.
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Section 109 Attempt to murder.
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Section 110 Attempt to commit culpable homicide.
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Section 111 Organised crime.
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Section 112 Petty organised crime.
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Section 113 Terrorist act.
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Section 114 Hurt.
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Section 115 Voluntarily causing hurt.
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Section 116 Grievous hurt.
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Section 117 Voluntarily causing grievous hurt.
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Section 118 Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means.
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Section 119 Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act.
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Section 120 Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property.
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Section 121 Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty.
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Section 122 Voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt on provocation.
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Section 123 Causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence.
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Section 124 Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid, etc.
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Section 125 Act endangering life or personal safety of others.
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Section 126 Wrongful restraint.
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Section 127 Wrongful confinement.
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Section 128 Force.
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Section 129 Criminal force.
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Section 130 Assault.
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Section 131 Punishment for assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation.
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Section 132 Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty.
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Section 133 Assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour person, otherwise than on grave provocation.
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Section 134 Assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property carried by a person.
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Section 135 Assault or criminal force in attempt to wrongfully confine a person.
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Section 136 Assault or criminal force on grave provocation.
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Section 137 Kidnapping.
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Section 138 Abduction.
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Section 139 Kidnapping or maiming a child for purposes of begging.
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Section 140 Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder or for ransom, etc.
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Section 141 Importation of girl or boy from foreign country.
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Section 142 Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person.
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Section 143 Trafficking of person.
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Section 144 Exploitation of a trafficked person.
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Section 145 Habitual dealing in slaves.
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Section 146 Unlawful compulsory labour.
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Section 147 Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against Government of India.
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Section 148 Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 147.
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Section 149 Collecting arms, etc., with intention of waging war against Government of India.
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Section 150 Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war.
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Section 151 Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain exercise of any lawful power.
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Section 152 Act endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India.
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Section 153 Waging war against Government of any foreign State at peace with Government of India.
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Section 154 Committing depredation on territories of foreign State at peace with Government of India.
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Section 155 Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 153 and 154.
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Section 156 Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war to escape.
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Section 157 Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape.
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Section 158 Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner.
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Section 159 Abetting mutiny, or attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor or airman from his duty.
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Section 160 Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof.
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Section 161 Abetment of assault by soldier, sailor or airman on his superior officer, when in execution of his office.
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Section 162 Abetment of such assault, if assault committed.
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Section 163 Abetment of desertion of soldier, sailor or airman.
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Section 164 Harbouring deserter.
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Section 165 Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master.
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Section 166 Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman.
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Section 167 Persons subject to certain Acts.
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Section 168 Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman.
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Section 169 Candidate, electoral right defined.
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Section 170 Bribery.
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Section 171 Undue influence at elections.
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Section 172 Personation at elections.
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Section 173 Punishment for bribery.
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Section 174 Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election.
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Section 175 False statement in connection with an election.
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Section 176 Illegal payments in connection with an election.
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Section 177 Failure to keep election accounts.
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Section 178 Counterfeiting coin, Government stamps, currency-notes or bank-notes.
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Section 179 Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes.
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Section 180 Possession of forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes.
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Section 181 Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes.
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Section 182 Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes.
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Section 183 Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government.
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Section 184 Using Government stamp known to have been before used.
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Section 185 Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used.
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Section 186 Prohibition of fictitious stamps.
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Section 187 Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law.
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Section 188 Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint.
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Section 189 Unlawful assembly.
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Section 190 Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object.
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Section 191 Rioting.
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Section 192 Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot-if rioting be committed; if not committed.
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Section 193 Liability of owner, occupier, etc., of land on which an unlawful assembly or riot takes place.
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Section 194 Affray.
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Section 195 Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.
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Section 196 Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony.
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Section 197 Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration.
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Section 198 Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person.
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Section 199 Public servant disobeying direction under law.
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Section 200 Punishment for non-treatment of victim.
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Section 201 Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury.
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Section 202 Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade.
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Section 203 Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property.
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Section 204 Personating a public servant.
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Section 205 Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent.
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Section 206 Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding.
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Section 207 Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof.
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Section 208 Non-attendance in obedience to an order from public servant.
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Section 209 Non-appearance in response to a proclamation under section 84 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
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Section 210 Omission to produce document or electronic record to public servant by person legally bound to produce it.
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Section 211 Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it.
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Section 212 Furnishing false information.
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Section 213 Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it.
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Section 214 Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question.
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Section 215 Refusing to sign statement.
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Section 216 False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorised to administer an oath or affirmation.
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Section 217 False information, with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to injury of another person.
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Section 218 Resistance to taking of property by lawful authority of a public servant.
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Section 219 Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant.
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Section 220 Illegal purchase or bid for property offered for sale by authority of public servant.
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Section 221 Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions.
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Section 222 Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance.
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Section 223 Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant.
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Section 224 Threat of injury to public servant.
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Section 225 Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant.
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Section 226 Attempt to commit suicide to compel or restrain exercise of lawful power.
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Section 227 Giving false evidence.
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Section 228 Fabricating false evidence.
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Section 229 Punishment for false evidence.
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Section 230 Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital offence.
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Section 231 Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment.
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Section 232 Threatening any person to give false evidence.
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Section 233 Using evidence known to be false.
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Section 234 Issuing or signing false certificate.
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Section 235 Using as true a certificate known to be false.
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Section 236 False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence.
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Section 237 Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false.
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Section 238 Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender.
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Section 239 Intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform.
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Section 240 Giving false information respecting an offence committed.
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Section 241 Destruction of document or electronic record to prevent its production as evidence.
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Section 242 False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution.
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Section 243 Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution.
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Section 244 Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution.
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Section 245 Fraudulently suffering decree for sum not due.
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Section 246 Dishonestly making false claim in Court.
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Section 247 Fraudulently obtaining decree for sum not due.
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Section 248 False charge of offence made with intent to injure.
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Section 249 Harbouring offender.
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Section 250 Taking gift, etc., to screen an offender from punishment.
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Section 251 Offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender.
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Section 252 Taking gift to help to recover stolen property, etc.
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Section 253 Harbouring offender who has escaped from custody or whose apprehension has been ordered.
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Section 254 Penalty for harbouring robbers or dacoits.
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Section 255 Public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture.
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Section 256 Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture.
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Section 257 Public servant in judicial proceeding corruptly making report, etc., contrary to law.
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Section 258 Commitment for trial or confinement by person having authority who knows that he is acting contrary to law.
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Section 259 Intentional omission to apprehend on part of public servant bound to apprehend.
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Section 260 Intentional omission to apprehend on part of public servant bound to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed.
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Section 261 Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by public servant.
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Section 262 Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension.
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Section 263 Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of another person.
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Section 264 Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise provided for.
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Section 265 Resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension or escape or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for.
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Section 266 Violation of condition of remission of punishment.
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Section 267 Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding.
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Section 268 Personation of assessor.
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Section 269 Failure by person released on bail bond or bond to appear in Court.
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Section 270 Public nuisance.
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Section 271 Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life.
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Section 272 Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life.
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Section 273 Disobedience to quarantine rule.
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Section 274 Adulteration of food or drink intended for sale.
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Section 275 Sale of noxious food or drink.
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Section 276 Adulteration of drugs.
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Section 277 Sale of adulterated drugs.
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Section 278 Sale of drug as a different drug or preparation.
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Section 279 Fouling water of public spring or reservoir.
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Section 280 Making atmosphere noxious to health.
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Section 281 Rash driving or riding on a public way.
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Section 282 Rash navigation of vessel.
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Section 283 Exhibition of false light, mark or buoy.
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Section 284 Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel.
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Section 285 Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation.
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Section 286 Negligent conduct with respect to poisonous substance.
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Section 287 Negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter.
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Section 288 Negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance.
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Section 289 Negligent conduct with respect to machinery.
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Section 290 Negligent conduct with respect to pulling down, repairing or constructing buildings, etc.
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Section 291 Negligent conduct with respect to animal.
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Section 292 Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for.
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Section 293 Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue.
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Section 294 Sale, etc., of obscene books, etc.
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Section 295 Sale, etc., of obscene objects to child.
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Section 296 Obscene acts and songs.
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Section 297 Keeping lottery office.
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Section 298 Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult religion of any class.
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Section 299 Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.
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Section 300 Disturbing religious assembly.
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Section 301 Trespassing on burial places, etc.
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Section 302 Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings of any person.
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Section 303 Theft.
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Section 304 Snatching.
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Section 305 Theft in a dwelling house, or means of transportation or place of worship, etc.
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Section 306 Theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master.
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Section 307 Theft after preparation made for causing death, hurt or restraint in order to committing of theft.
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Section 308 Extortion.
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Section 309 Robbery.
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Section 310 Dacoity.
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Section 311 Robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt.
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Section 312 Attempt to commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapon.
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Section 313 Punishment for belonging to gang of robbers, etc.
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Section 314 Dishonest misappropriation of property.
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Section 315 Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of his death.
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Section 316 Criminal breach of trust.
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Section 317 Stolen property.
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Section 318 Cheating.
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Section 319 Cheating by personation.
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Section 320 Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors.
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Section 321 Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing debt being available for creditors.
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Section 322 Dishonest or fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing false statement of consideration.
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Section 323 Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property.
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Section 324 Mischief.
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Section 325 Mischief by killing or maiming animal.
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Section 326 Mischief by injury, inundation, fire or explosive substance, etc.
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Section 327 Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a rail, aircraft, decked vessel or one of twenty tons burden.
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Section 328 Punishment for intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft, etc.
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Section 329 Criminal trespass and house-trespass.
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Section 330 House-trespass and hous-ebreaking.
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Section 331 Punishment for house-trespass or house-breaking.
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Section 332 House-trespass in order to commit offence.
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Section 333 House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint.
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Section 334 Dishonestly breaking open receptacle containing property.
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Section 335 Making a false document.
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Section 336 Forgery.
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Section 337 Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc.
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Section 338 Forgery of valuable security, will, etc.
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Section 339 Having possession of document described in section 337 or section 338, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine.
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Section 340 Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine.
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Section 341 Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 338.
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Section 342 Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 338, or possessing counterfeit marked material.
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Section 343 Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security.
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Section 344 Falsification of accounts.
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Section 345 Property mark.
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Section 346 Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury.
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Section 347 Counterfeiting a property mark.
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Section 348 Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark.
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Section 349 Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark.
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Section 350 Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods.
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Section 351 Criminal intimidation.
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Section 352 Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace.
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Section 353 Statements conducing to public mischief.
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Section 354 Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of Divine displeasure.
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Section 355 Misconduct in public by a drunken person.
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Section 356 Defamation.
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Section 357 Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person.
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Section 358 Repeal and savings.
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