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TypeBare Act JurisdictionWest Bengal Government

Howrah Offences Act, 1857 Section 2

Possession of stolen property by one who fails to account satisfactorily for the possession. Power to summon persons

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Howrah Offences Act, 1857 Section 2 is part of Howrah Offences Act, 1857 - Possession of stolen property by one who fails to account satisfactorily for the possession. Power to summon persons. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

provided that such other person shall be alleged to have had possession of the same within the jurisdiction of such Magistrate) to be brought before him and examined, and shall examine witnesses touching the same; and if it appear to such Magistrate that any person so brought before him had possession of such thing, and had reasonable cause to believe the same to have been stolen or unlawfully obtained, such person shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred rupees, or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding three months.

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What does Howrah Offences Act, 1857 Section 2 provide?

Section Section 2 of the Howrah Offences Act, 1857 (Possession of stolen property by one who fails to account satisfactorily for the possession. Power to summon persons) is reproduced on this page as part of the Howrah Offences Act, 1857. 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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