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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 298

Title: Uttering, Words, Etc., with Deliberate Intent to Wound the Religious Feelings of Any Person

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever, with the deliberate intention of wounding the religious feelings of any person, utters any word or makes any sound in the hearing of that person or makes any gesture in the sight of that person or places, any object in the sight of that person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both. STATE AMENDMENTS 1State of Andhra Pradesh In Andhra Pradesh offence under section 298 is cognizable. ______________________ 1. Vide A.P.G.O. Ms. No. 732, dated 5th December, 1991.

The Mahe Land Reforms Act, 1968 Complete Act

State: Pondicherry

Year: 1968

.....site" means any land (not being a kudiyiruppu or a kudikidappu) which is used principally for the purposes of any trade, commerce, industry, manufacture or business; (6) "Court" means where a particular court is not specifically mentioned, the court having jurisdiction, under the law for the time being in force relating to civil procedure, to entertain the suit for the possession of the holding or part thereof to which any legal proceeding under this Act relates; (7) "cultivate" with its grammatical variations means cultivate either solely by one's own labour or with the help of the members of his family or hired labourers or both, or personally direct or supervise cultivation by such members or hired labourers or both, provided that such members or hired labourers have not agreed to pay or to take any fixed proportion or the produce of the land they cultivate as compensation for being allowed to cultivate it or as remuneration for cultivating it. Explanation. - For the purposes of this clause, "members of family" shall mean,- (i) In the case of lands held by a joint family, members of such family; and (ii) in any other case, wife or husband, as the case may be, and.....

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....Court of Justice (including a liquidator, receiver or Commissioner) whose duty is, as such officer, to investigate or report on any matter of law or fact, or to make, authenticate, or keep any document, or to take charge or dispose of any property or to execute any judicial process, or to a administrator any oath, or to interpret, or to preserve order in the Court, and every person specially authorized by a Court of Justice to perform any of such duties; Fifth--Every juryman, assessor, or member of a Panchayat assisting a Court of Justice or public servant; Sixth--Every arbitrator or other person to whom any cause or matter has been referred for decision or report by any Court of Justice, or by any other competent public authority; Seventh--Every person who holds any office by virtue of which he is empowered to place or keep any person in confinement; Eighth--Every officer of the Government, whose duty it is, as such officer, to prevent offences, to give information of offences, to being offenders to justice, or to protect the public health, safety or convenience; Ninth--Every officer whose duty it is, as such officer, to take, receive, keep or expend any property on behalf of.....

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Chapter 24

Title: General Provisions as to Inquiries and Trials

State: Central

Year: 1973

.....theft as a servant and acquitted. He cannot afterwards, while the acquittal remains in force, be charged with theft as a servant, or upon the same facts, with theft simply, or with criminal breach of trust. (b) A is tried for causing grievous hurt and convicted. The person injured afterwards dies. A may be tried again for culpable homicide. (c) A is charged before the Court of Session and convicted of the culpable homicide of B. A may not afterwards be tried on the same facts for the murder of B. (d) A is charged by a Magistrate of the first class with, and convicted by him of voluntarily causing hurt to B. A may not afterwards be tried for voluntarily causing grievous hurt (o B on the same facts, unless the case comes within sub-section (3) of this section. (e) A is charged by a Magistrate of the second class with, and convicted by him of, theft of property from the person of B. A may subsequently be charged with, and tried for, robbery on the same facts. (f) A, B and C are charged by a magistrate of the first class with, and convicted by him of, robbing D. A, B and C may afterwards be charged with, and tried for, dacoity on the same facts. Section 301 -.....

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 320

Title: Compounding of Offences

State: Central

Year: 1973

.....trade or property mark used by another. 483 Ditto. Knowingly selling, or exposing or possessing for sale or for manufacturing purpose, goods marked with a counterfeit property mark. 486 Ditto. Criminal breach of contract of service. 491 The person with whom the offender has contracted. Adultery. 497 The husband of the woman. Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman. 498 The husband of the woman and the woman Defamation, except such cases as are specified against section 500 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) in column 1 of the Table under sub-section (2). 500 The person defamed. Printing or engraving matter, knowing it to be defamatory. 501 Ditto. Sale of printed or engraved substance containing defamatory 502 Ditto. matter, knowing it to contain such matter. Insult intended to provoke a breach of the peace. 504 The person insulted. .....

Geneva Conventions Act, 1960 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1960

.....power to sentence him to death or to imprisonment for a term of two years or more, shall not proceed with the trial until it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court that a notice containing the particulars mentioned in the next following sub-section, so far as they are known to the prosecutor, has been served not less than three weeks previously on the protecting power (if there is a protecting power) and, if the accused is a protected prisoner of war, on the accused and the prisoners' representative. (2) The particulars referred to in the foregoing sub-section are - (a) the full name and description of the accused, including the date of his birth and his profession or trade, if any, and, if the accused is protected prisoner of war, his rank and arm, regimental, personal or serial number; (b) his place of detention, internment or residence; (c) the offence with which he is charged- and (d) the Court before which the trial is to take place and the time and place appointed for the trial. (3) For the purposes of this section a document purporting - (a) to be signed on behalf of the protecting power or by the prisoners representative or by the person accused, as the case may.....

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Complete Act

State: Assam

Year: 1973

.....faith in his aid and under his direction, to make such an examination of the person arrested as is reasonably necessary in order to ascertain the facts which may afford such evidence, and to use such force as is reasonably for that purpose. (2) Whenever the person of a female is to be examined under this section, the examination shall be made only by, or under the supervision of, a female registered medical practitioner. Explanation.-In this section and in section 54, "registered medical practitioner" means a medical practitioner who possesses any recognized medical qualification as defined in clause (h) of section 2 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 ( 102 of 1956) and whose name has been entered in a State Medical Register. 54. Examination of arrested person by medical practitioner at the request of the arrested person. When a person who is arrested, whether on a charge or otherwise alleges, at the time when he is produced before a Magistrate or at any time during the period of his detention in custody that the examination of his body will afford evidence which will disprove the commission by him of any offence or which will establish the commission by any other.....

The Kerala Compensation for Tenants Improvements Act, 1958 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1958

THE KERALA COMPENSATION FOR TENANTS IMPROVEMENTS ACT, 1958 THE KERALA COMPENSATION FOR TENANTS IMPROVEMENTS ACT, 1958 ACT 29 Of 1958 [1] An Act To Make Provisions For Payment Of Compensation For Improvements Made by thetenants in the state of kerala . Preamble.-WHEREAS it is necessary to make provisions for the payment of compensation for improvements made by tenants in the State of Kerala ; BE it enacted in the Ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows: 1. Short title, extent and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the Kerala Compensation for Tenants Improvements Act, 1958. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala (3) It shall come into force at once. 2. Definitions.-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires. (a) "eviction" means the recovery of possession of land from a tenant; (b) "improvement" means any work or product of a work which adds to the value of the holding, is suitable to it and consistent with the purpose for which the holding is let, mortgaged or occupied, but does not include such clearances, embankments, leveling , enclosures, temporary wells and water-channels as are made by the tenant in the ordinary course of.....

Extradition Act, 1962 Schedule I

Title: Extradition Treaty Between India and Switzerland

State: Central

Year: 1962

.....or larceny, 6.Obtaining money or goods by false pretences. 7.Crimes against bankruptcy law. 8.Fraud committed by a bailee, banker, agent, factor, trustee, or director, ormember of public officer of any Company made criminalby any law for the time being in force. 9.Rape. 10.Abduction of minors 11.Child stealing or kidnapping. 12.Burglary, or house breaking, with criminal intent. 13.Arson. 14.Robbery with violence. 15.Threats by letter or otherwise with intent to extort. 16.Perjury or subornation or perjury. 17. Malicious injury to property, if the offence be indictable. The extradition isalso to take place for participation in any of the aforesaid crimes, as anaccessory before or after the fact, provided such participation be punishable bythe laws of both Contracting Parties. ARTICLEIII Afugitive criminal may be apprehended in either country under a warrant issued byany Police Magistrate, Justice of the Peace, or other competent authority, onsuch information or complaint, and such evidence, or after such proceedings aswould, in the opinion of the authority Issuing the warrant, justify the issue ofa warrant if the crime had been committed or the.....

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Chapter 12

Title: Of Offences Relating to Coin and Government Stamps

State: Central

Year: 1860

..... 2. Substituted by A.O. 1950, for the former paragraph. 3. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "the Queen's coin". 4. Inserted by Act 6 of 1896, section 1. Section 231 - Counterfeiting coin Whoever counterfeits or knowingly performs any part of the process of counterfeiting coin, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine. Explanation.--A person commits this offence who intending to practice deception, or knowing it to be likely that deception will thereby be practiced, causes a genuine coin to appear like a different coin. Section 232 - Counterfeiting Indian coin Whoever counterfeits, or knowingly performs any part of the process of counterfeiting1[Indian coin], shall be punished with2[imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine. ______________________ 1 . Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "the Queen's coin". 2 . Substituted by Act 26 of 1955, section 117 and Schedule, for "transportation for life" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956). Section 233 - Making or selling instrument for.....