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| THE PREVENTION OF INSULTS TO NATIONAL HONOUR ACT, 1957 |
| The Prevention of insults to National Honour Act, 1957. (Substituted by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order 1969) [Tamil Nadu] Act No. XIV OF 1957 An Act to prevent insults to National Honour. WHEREAS it is expedient and necessary to prevent certain offences against the Indian National Flag, pictures, effigies and statues of the Father of the Nation, or the Constitution of India; Be it enacted in the English Year of the Republic of India as follows:" 1. Short rule. " This Act may be called the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1957. 2. Burning etc., of effigy, picture, portrait of Mahatma Gandhi an offence. " Whoever wilfully burns or desecrates or insults any effigy, pictures or portrait of Mahatma Gandhi shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both. Explanation " In this section, "picture" includes any print, drawing, painting or other representation, or the figure of Mahatma Gandhi. 3. Destruction of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi an offence " Whoever willfully causes damage to, or destruction of, any statue or bust of Mahatma Gandhi or any such change in such statue or but or in the situation thereof, as destroy or diminish its value or appearance or other wise affects it injuriously, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both. 4. Burning etc., of Indian National Flag as offence." Whoever willfully bums or desecrates or insults the Indian National Flag shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both. Explanation . " In this section, "Indian National Flag" includes any pictorial representation thereof. 5. Burning etc., of the Constitution to be act of offence. " Whoever willfully burns or desecrates or insults any copy or a copy of a part of the Constitution of India shall be punishable with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both. 6. Attempts to be offences. " Whoever attempts to commit any offence punishable under this Act shall be deemed to have committed that offence. 7. Savings. " Nothing in this Act shall exempt any person from any proceedings which might, apart from this Act, be brought against him. |
| Tamil Nadu State Acts |