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TypeBare Act JurisdictionWest Bengal Government

Howrah Offences Act, 1857 Section 23

Penalty for the offences in public streets, etc. Whoever, in any public street, road, thoroughfare or place of public

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Howrah Offences Act, 1857 Section 23 is part of Howrah Offences Act, 1857 - Penalty for the offences in public streets, etc. Whoever, in any public street, road, thoroughfare or place of public. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

i) Whoever drives or rides any animal or drives any vehicle in a manner so rash or negligent as to indicate a want of due regard for the safety of others:

(ii) Whoever negligently lets loose any horse, or suffers to be at large any ferocious dog without a muzzle, or sets on or urges any dog or other animal to attack, worry or put in fear any person, horse or other animal:

(iii) Whoever, being in charge of a cart, carrige or horse, leaves it at such a distance as not to have the same under due control:

(iv) Whoever fastens any animal so as to cause obstruction or danger to passengers:

(v) Whoever cruelly beats, abuses or tortures any animal:

(iv) Whoever sets fire to or burns any straw or other matter, or lights any bonfire, or wantonly discharges any firearm or air-gun, or lets off or throws any firework, or sends up any fire-balloon.

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What does Howrah Offences Act, 1857 Section 23 provide?

Section Section 23 of the Howrah Offences Act, 1857 (Penalty for the offences in public streets, etc. Whoever, in any public street, road, thoroughfare or place of public) 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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