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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 491

BREACH OF CONTRACT TO ATTEND ON AND SUPPLY WANTS OF HELPLESS PERSON Whoever, being bound by a lawful contract to attend

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The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 491 is part of The Indian Penal Code 1860 - BREACH OF CONTRACT TO ATTEND ON AND SUPPLY WANTS OF HELPLESS PERSON Whoever, being bound by a lawful contract to attend. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 491: BREACH OF CONTRACT TO ATTEND ON AND SUPPLY WANTS OF HELPLESS PERSON Whoever, being bound by a lawful contract to attend on or to supply the wants of any person, who by reason of youth, or of unsoundness of mind or of a disease or bodily weakness, is helpless or incapable of providing for his own safety or of supplying his own wants, voluntarily omits so to do, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both.

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What does The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 491 provide?

Section Section 491 of the The Indian Penal Code 1860 (BREACH OF CONTRACT TO ATTEND ON AND SUPPLY WANTS OF HELPLESS PERSON Whoever, being bound by a lawful contract to attend) is reproduced on this page as part of the The Indian Penal Code 1860. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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