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National Penal Code 2017
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Chapter-16: Offences Relating to Enforced Disappearance
Section 206: Prohibition of enforced appearance:
Subsection (3)
(1) No person shall subject, A person who orders the commission of enforced disappearance of a person upon arrest, detention or control of such person and a person who implements such order shall be considered to be the principal offender of enforced disappearance.
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Chapter-16: Offences Relating to Enforced Disappearance
Section 206: Prohibition of enforced appearance:
Subsection (4)
(1) No person shall subject, Where an act of enforced disappearance is committed in pursuance of order or direction given by a person holding public office or by the responsible person of an organization or group, whether organized or unorganized, the person giving such order or direction shall be liable as the principal offender of enforced disappearance.
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Chapter-16: Offences Relating to Enforced Disappearance
Section 206: Prohibition of enforced appearance:
Subsection (5)
(1) No person shall subject, A superior who, despite knowing that his or her subordinate official, body or group was committing or about to commit an act of enforced disappearance, disregards such information or fails to take necessary measures to prevent the commission of such act shall also be considered to have committed the offence under this Section.
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Chapter-16: Offences Relating to Enforced Disappearance
Section 206: Prohibition of enforced appearance:
Subsection (6)
(1) No person shall subject, Where a person has been subjected to enforced disappearance by two or more persons jointly, every person involved in such act shall be equally liable as the offender.
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Chapter-16: Offences Relating to Enforced Disappearance
Section 206: Prohibition of enforced appearance:
Subsection (6)
(1) No person shall subject, A person who commits the offence referred to in subsection (1) shall be liable to the following sentence: (a) In the case of the principal offender of enforced disappearance, a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding fifteen years and a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand rupees, having regard to the duration and circumstances of such enforced disappearance, (b) In the case of a person who is accomplice or conspires to the commission of enforced disappearance, the same sentence as is imposable on the principal offender, and in the case of a person who attempts to or facilitates the commission of enforced disappearance, half the sentence imposable on the principal offender.
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Chapter-16: Offences Relating to Enforced Disappearance
Section 206: Prohibition of enforced appearance:
Subsection (8)
(1) No person shall subject, A person who does an act constituting the offence referred to in sub-section (1) against a woman or child shall be liable to an additional sentence of imprisonment for a term of two years, in addition to the sentence to be imposed pursuant to sub-section (7).
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Chapter-16: Offences Relating to Enforced Disappearance
Section 206: Prohibition of enforced appearance:
Subsection (9)
(1) No person shall subject, Where a person has committed any other offence punishable by law against any one who has been subjected to enforced disappearance, during such disappearance, he or she shall be liable to the additional sentence under this Section, in addition to the sentence imposable by law for such offence.
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Chapter-16: Offences Relating to Enforced Disappearance
Section 206: Prohibition of enforced appearance:
Subsection (10)
(1) No person shall subject, disappearance by using any government vehicle, building, arms and ammunition or goods shall be liable to an additional sentence of imprisonment for a term of one year, in addition to the sentence imposable under this Section.
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Chapter-16: Offences Relating to Enforced Disappearance
Section 207: Forfeiture of goods related to offence: Any building, land, vehicle,
arms and other goods knowingly allowed by the owner thereof to be used in, or used with the consent of the concerned owner in, the commission of the offence punishable under this Chapter shall be forfeited. Provided that no governmental building, vehicle, arms and goods shall be forfeited.
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Chapter-16: Offences Relating to Enforced Disappearance
Section 208: Entitlement to compensation: Where a person who is subjected to
enforced disappearance appears or is made public subsequently, he or she shall be entitled to get a reasonable compensation from the person who has so subjected him or her to enforced disappearance.
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Chapter-16: Offences Relating to Enforced Disappearance
Section 208: Entitlement to compensation: Where a person who is subjected to
Subsection (2)
Where the person subjected to enforced disappearance is already dead, the immediate successor to him or her shall be entitled to get the compensation referred to in sub-section (1).
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Chapter-16: Offences Relating to Enforced Disappearance
Section 209: Property to be returned: Where any person, in subjecting another
person to enforced disappearance under this Chapter, has also taken any property belonging to that other person, the person who has so subjected to enforced disappearance shall return such property, if available, and pay a reasonable compensation for such property, if not available, to the disappeared person or his or her immediate relative.
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Chapter-16: Offences Relating to Enforced Disappearance
Section 210: Statute of limitation: No complaint shall be entertained after expiry
of six months from the date of having knowledge of commission of the offence under this Chapter or from the date of the disappeared person getting or being made public. Provided that if a complaint is filed, accompanied by the evidence, with the leave of the court, setting out the reason for not being in a position to file the complaint, such complaint may lie at any time.
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Chapter-17: Offences Relating to Kidnapping or Taking of Hostages
Section 211: Prohibition of kidnapping:
(1) No person shall kidnap, or cause to be kidnapped, another person.
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Chapter-17: Offences Relating to Kidnapping or Taking of Hostages
Section 211: Prohibition of kidnapping:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall kidnap, or cause to For the purposes of sub-section (1), a person shall be considered to have committed kidnapping if he or she does any of the following acts: (a) To take any person to or compel him or her to go to any place by using force or threats to use force or by practicing fraud, deception or intimidation or by showing or not showing arms or by misrepresenting or by administering narcotics or alcoholic substance to him or her or by seizing or controlling in any way a vehicle by which he or she is travelling or exercising control in any way over such vehicle, or (b) To take by force any person to any place without his or her consent or any child or any person who is under shelter of any one due to his or her physical incapacity or any person of unsound mind due to mental illness without the consent of his or her father, mother or guardian or by way of misrepresentation.
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Chapter-17: Offences Relating to Kidnapping or Taking of Hostages
Section 212: Prohibition of hostage-taking:
(1) No person shall take another person hostage.
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Chapter-17: Offences Relating to Kidnapping or Taking of Hostages
Section 212: Prohibition of hostage-taking:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall take another For the purposes of sub-section (1), a person shall be considered to have committed hostage-taking if that person seizes or detains another person without his or her consent or a child or a person of unsound mind without the consent of his or her father, mother or guardian, by using force or threats to use force, or by practicing fraud, deception, coercion or intimidation or by showing or not showing arms or by misrepresenting or by administering narcotics or alcoholic substance to him or her or by seizing or controlling a vehicle or place where he or she is staying.
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Chapter-17: Offences Relating to Kidnapping or Taking of Hostages
Section 212: Prohibition of hostage-taking:
Subsection (3)
(1) No person shall take another Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), placing, in good faith, an unsound person under the surveillance or control of any one in the course of treatment or for any other purpose, for the benefit of the concerned person, with the consent of his or her father, mother or guardian shall not be deemed to constitute hostage-taking.
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Chapter-17: Offences Relating to Kidnapping or Taking of Hostages
Section 213: Punishment for kidnapping or hostage-taking: A person who
does, or causes to be done, any act referred to in Section 211 or 212 shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term of seven to ten years and a fine of seventy-five thousand to one hundred thousand rupees if the person does, or causes to be done, such act with the intention of causing death, causing injury by subjecting to hurt, committing rape or unnatural sex, trafficking or enslaving, or subjecting to forced labor, engaging into prostitution, subjecting to torture, compelling to do or cause to be done any act, taking ransom or compelling to do any other act which constitutes any offence under the law in force, and to a sentence of imprisonment for a term of three to five years and a fine of thirty thousand to fifty thousand rupees if the person does, or causes to be done, such act for any other purpose.
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Chapter-17: Offences Relating to Kidnapping or Taking of Hostages
Section 214: Additional sentence to be imposed:
(1) A person who takes another person hostage under Section 212 after kidnapping him or her under Section 211 shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term of ten to fifteen years and a fine of one hundred thousand to one hundred fifty thousand rupees.
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Chapter-17: Offences Relating to Kidnapping or Taking of Hostages
Section 214: Additional sentence to be imposed:
Subsection (2)
(1) A person who takes another A person who does any other act considered to be an offence under this Act or under the law in force by committing kidnapping or hostage-taking shall be liable to the sentence referred to in sub-section (1), in addition to the sentence imposable for such offence.
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Chapter-17: Offences Relating to Kidnapping or Taking of Hostages
Section 214: Additional sentence to be imposed:
Subsection (3)
(1) A person who takes another Where the offence referred to in Sections 211 and 212 is committed, or cause to be committed, in an organized manner, the persons committing such offence shall be liable to an additional sentence of imprisonment for a term of two years.
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Chapter-17: Offences Relating to Kidnapping or Taking of Hostages
Section 215: Person who abets or orders or attempts or conspires or is
accomplice to be liable to sentence: (1) A person who abets or orders the commission of any offence referred to in this Chapter shall be liable to the same sentence as is imposable on the principal offender.
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Chapter-17: Offences Relating to Kidnapping or Taking of Hostages
Section 215: Person who abets or orders or attempts or conspires or is
Subsection (2)
Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the person who attempts or conspires to commit or is accomplice to the commission of such act shall be liable to half the sentence imposable for that offence.
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Chapter-17: Offences Relating to Kidnapping or Taking of Hostages
Section 216: Reduction of sentence if surrendered: Where a person committing
an offence under this Chapter surrenders before the security personnel at the time of committing the offence or renders assistance in arresting the other offenders or members of the gang committing that offence, the court may, having regard to the circumstances, reduce the sentence for that person.
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Chapter-17: Offences Relating to Kidnapping or Taking of Hostages
Section 217: Compensation ordered to be paid:
(1) A reasonable compensation shall be ordered to be paid to the victim by the person who is held to have committed or caused the commission of any offence under this Chapter.
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Chapter-17: Offences Relating to Kidnapping or Taking of Hostages
Section 217: Compensation ordered to be paid:
Subsection (2)
(1) A reasonable compensation The compensation referred to in sub-section (1) shall be paid to the immediate successor to the victim if the victim is already dead.
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Chapter-17: Offences Relating to Kidnapping or Taking of Hostages
Section 218: Statute of limitation:
(1) There shall be no statute of limitation for making a complaint in the case of any offence under this Chapter which has caused the death of any one.
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Chapter-17: Offences Relating to Kidnapping or Taking of Hostages
Section 218: Statute of limitation:
Subsection (2)
(1) There shall be no statute of limitation for No complaint shall lie after the expiry of two years after the date of commission of any offence under this Chapter other than that set forth in sub-section (1), and after the expiry of six months after the date of release of the concerned person from such offence in the case of any of the offences under Sections 211 and 212.
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Chapter-18: Sexual Offences
Section 219: Prohibition of committing rape:
Subsection (2)
(1) No one shall commit rape. Where a man has sexual intercourse with a woman without her consent or with a girl child below eighteen years of age even with her consent, the man shall be considered to commit rape on such woman or girl child. Explanation:  For the purposes of this Chapter,- (a) Consent obtained by way of coercion, undue influence, intimidation, threat, misrepresentation, or kidnapping or taking of hostage shall not be considered to be consent, (b) Consent obtained at the time of being of unsoundness of mind shall not be considered to be consent, (c) The penetration of penis into anus or mouth, penetration of penis, to any extent, into anus, mouth or vagina, insertion of any object other than penis into vagina shall also be considered to be rape.
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Chapter-18: Sexual Offences
Section 219: Prohibition of committing rape:
Subsection (3)
(1) No one shall commit rape. A person who commits rape shall be liable to the sentence of imprisonment as follows, having regard to the circumstances of such sexual intercourse and the age of woman: (a) Imprisonment for a term of sixteen to twenty years, if she is a girl child below ten years of age, (b) Imprisonment for a term of fourteen to sixteen years, if she is a girl child who is ten years or above ten years of age but below fourteen years of age, (c) Imprisonment for a term of twelve to fourteen years, if she is a girl child who is fourteen or above fourteen years of age but below sixteen years of age, (d) Imprisonment for a term of ten to twelve years, if the woman is sixteen or above sixteen years of age but below eighteen years of age, (e) Imprisonment for a term of seven to ten years, if the woman is eighteen or above eighteen years of age.
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Chapter-18: Sexual Offences
Section 219: Prohibition of committing rape:
Subsection (4)
(1) No one shall commit rape. Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (3), if the husband commits rape on his wife during the existence of marital relationship between them, he shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years. Provided that the following situation shall not be considered as the existence of marital relationship: (a) A case of partition has been instituted upon making separation of board and bread, (b) The wife has lived separate upon taking her partition share from the husband, (c) A case of divorce from the husband has been instituted.
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Chapter-18: Sexual Offences
Section 219: Prohibition of committing rape:
Subsection (5)
(1) No one shall commit rape. In the case of the situation referred to in sub-section (4), the court may, if it is necessary to do so upon a petition by the victim, order the husband to do the following: (a)     To allow the wife to reside in the same house where she has resided, to provide her with food and clothes, not to hurt her and to behave her politely and decently, (b) To get the wife to have required medical treatment or provide reasonable amount for her treatment, (c) To arrange a separate residence for the husband if it is not appropriate for them to reside in the same place together and make necessary arrangement for the maintenance of the wife while so residing separately, (d) To refraining from doing act causing suffering or annoyance, in any manner, to the wife and do, or cause to be done, necessary and appropriate act for the interest and security of the wife.
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Chapter-18: Sexual Offences
Section 219: Prohibition of committing rape:
Subsection (6)
(1) No one shall commit rape. Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), a man who commits rape in spite of knowing that he has human immune deficiency virus (HIV positive) or a sexually transmitted disease shall be liable to the following additional sentence, in addition to the sentence set forth in sub-section (3): (a) The sentence referred to in Section 105 in the event of the commission of rape in spite of knowing that he has human immune deficiency virus (HIV positive), (b) A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees in the event of the commission of rape in spite of knowing that he has any other sexually transmitted disease.
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Chapter-18: Sexual Offences
Section 219: Prohibition of committing rape:
Subsection (7)
(1) No one shall commit rape. A man who commits rape on a woman in a gang or on a woman having pregnancy of more than six months or on a woman who is infirm or disabled or suffering from physical or mental illness, or commits rape showing arms shall be liable to an additional sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, in addition to the sentence set forth in sub-section (3).
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Chapter-18: Sexual Offences
Section 219: Prohibition of committing rape:
Subsection (8)
(1) No one shall commit rape. A person who commits rape on a woman within the prohibited degree of relationship by consanguinity or affinity shall be liable to the sentence referred to in this Chapter, in addition to the sentence imposable for incest if he is liable to such sentence for incest.
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Chapter-18: Sexual Offences
Section 220: Prohibition of incest:
(1) No person shall have sexual intercourse with another person knowingly that such person is one falling within the prohibited degree of relationship by consanguinity or affinity for marriage according to the usage, custom or tradition being practiced in his or her caste or lineage.
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Chapter-18: Sexual Offences
Section 220: Prohibition of incest:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall have sexual intercourse A person who commits the offence referred to in subsection (1) in the following relationship shall be liable to the following sentence: (a) A sentence of imprisonment for life in the case of sexual intercourse between the natural mother and her natural son or between the natural father and his natural daughter, (b) A sentence of imprisonment for a term of four years to ten years and a fine of forty thousand rupees to one hundred thousand rupees in the case of sexual intercourse between the step-mother and her step-son, between the step father and his step daughter, between the full blood elder sister and brother, between full blood elder brother and sister, between father-in-law and daughter-in-law within the same branch, between grand-father and grand-daughter or great-grand-daughter within the same branch, between elder brother-in-law and sister-in-law within the same branch or between younger brother-in-law and sister-in-law within the same branch, (c) A sentence of imprisonment for a term of three to six years and a fine of thirty thousand to sixty thousand rupees in the case of sexual intercourse between grand-mother and her grand-son or great-grand-son within the three generations of the same branch, between father's elder brother or uncle and niece within the same branch, between nephew and great mother (wife of own father's brother) or aunty within the same branch, between father-in-law and brother's daughter-inlaw within the same branch, between uterine maternal uncle and niece or nephew and maternal aunty, between mother's elder sister or younger sister and nephew or between mother-in-law (one's wife side) and son-in-law, (d) A sentence of imprisonment for a term of one year to three years and a fine of ten thousand to thirty thousand rupees, having regard to, inter alia, the branch, relationship and generation, in the case of sexual intercourse between persons in other relationship within seven generations of one’s own clan except that referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c).
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Chapter-18: Sexual Offences
Section 221: Prohibition of sexual intercourse with detainee:
(1) No government employee shall have sexual intercourse with a person held in prison or detention or facilitate or create circumstances for the commission by another person of sexual intercourse with such person.
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Chapter-18: Sexual Offences
Section 221: Prohibition of sexual intercourse with detainee:
Subsection (2)
(1) No A person who commits, or causes to be committed, sexual intercourse referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, and if such sexual intercourse is an offence under this Act or other law also, the sentence referred to in this Section shall be added to the sentence under such law.
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Chapter-18: Sexual Offences
Section 222: Prohibition of sexual intercourse with person in one's own
protection or security: (1) No person shall have, or aid another person to have, sexual intercourse with any person in his or her protection, security or custody, and no office-bearer or employee of any organization providing treatment or rehabilitation services to persons of unsound mind or suffering from physical or mental illness shall have sexual intercourse with any person held in such organization.
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Chapter-18: Sexual Offences
Section 222: Prohibition of sexual intercourse with person in one's own
Subsection (2)
A person who commits the offence referred to in subsection (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, and if such sexual intercourse is an offence under this Act or other law also, the sentence referred to in this Section shall be added to the sentence under such law.
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Chapter-18: Sexual Offences
Section 223: Prohibition of sexual intercourse with person in office or
receiving professional service: (1) No employee serving in a government office or private office or person providing any professional service or commercial work shall have, or aid another person to have, sexual intercourse with a person serving in such office or a person making contact or being in contact for such service or work, while performing functions of such office or providing such service or at the place where such service is provided.
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Chapter-18: Sexual Offences
Section 223: Prohibition of sexual intercourse with person in office or
Subsection (2)
A person who commits the offence referred to in subsection (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding four years and a fine not exceeding forty thousand rupees, and if such sexual intercourse is an offence under this Act or other law also, the sentence referred to in this Section shall be added to the sentence under such law.
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Chapter-18: Sexual Offences
Section 224: Prohibition of sexual harassment:
(1) No person shall commit, or caused to be committed, sexual harassment to another person.
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Chapter-18: Sexual Offences
Section 224: Prohibition of sexual harassment:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall commit, or A person shall be considered to commit sexual harassment if the person holds or touches or attempts to touch any sensitive organ of, or opens or attempts to open undergarments of, or obstructs or hinders in any way the wearing or removing of undergarments of, or takes to any lonely place in an unusual manner, or gets his or her sexual organ to be touched or held by, or uses vulgar or similar other words, spoken or written or by gesture or by way of electronic medium, or shows any pornography to, or teases or annoys with sexual motive, or behaves in an unusual, undesirable or indecent manner with, a person who is not his wife or her husband, without her or his consent, with the motive of having sexual intercourse with her or him.
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Section 224: Prohibition of sexual harassment:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall commit, or A person who commits the offence referred to in subsection (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees.
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Chapter-18: Sexual Offences
Section 225: Prohibition of child sexual abuse:
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be committed, child sexual abuse.
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Section 225: Prohibition of child sexual abuse:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall commit, or A person shall be considered to commit child sexual abuse if the person takes to any lonely place in an unusual manner, or holds or touches any sexual organ of, gets his or her sexual organ to be touched or held by, or makes any form of unusual sexual behavior with, a child, with the motive of having sexual intercourse with the child.
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Section 225: Prohibition of child sexual abuse:
Subsection (3)
(1) No person shall commit, or A person who commits the offence referred to in subsection (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees.
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Section 226: Prohibition of unnatural sexual intercourse:
(1) No person shall have, or cause to be had, unnatural sexual intercourse with another person without his or her consent. Explanation: For the purposes of this sub-section, consent given by a child shall not be considered to be consent.
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Section 226: Prohibition of unnatural sexual intercourse:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall A person who commits the offence referred to in subsection (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees.
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Section 226: Prohibition of unnatural sexual intercourse:
Subsection (3)
(1) No person shall A person who commits the offence referred to in subsection (1) against a child shall be liable to the sentence under Section 219.
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Section 227: Prohibition of bestiality:
(1) No person shall have, or cause to be had, sexual intercourse with an animal.
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Section 227: Prohibition of bestiality:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall have, or cause to be A person who commits the offence referred to in subsection (4) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years and a fine not exceeding twenty thousand rupees, if the person has committed, or caused to be committed, sexual intercourse with a cow, and to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees, in the case of sexual intercourse with any other animal.
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Section 228: Compensation ordered to be paid: A reasonable compensation
shall be ordered to be paid to the victim of any offence referred to in this Chapter other than the offences under Sections 220 and 226.
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Section 229: Statute of limitation:
(1) There shall be no statute of limitation for making a complaint in relation to the case of any offence under Section 220.
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Section 229: Statute of limitation:
Subsection (2)
(1) There shall be no statute of limitation for No complaint shall lie after the expiry of one year from the date of commission of any of the offences under Sections 219, 221, 222, 223, 224 and 225 and sub-section (3) of Section 226, and after the expiry of three months from the date of knowledge of commission of any of the other offences under this Chapter. Provided that where the offence is committed against a person held in detention, taken into control, kidnapped or taken hostage, no complaint shall lie after the expiry of three months from the date of release from such detention, control, kidnapping or hostage-taking.
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Chapter-19: Offence Relating to Medical Treatment
Section 230: Prohibition of conducting medical treatment by person who has
not obtained licence: (1) No person, other than a person who has, upon having acquired the specified educational qualification in medicines, obtained from the lawful competent authority a licence for medical treatment, shall provide medical services to, carry out surgery on any organ of human body of, administer or prescribe any kind of drug to, or otherwise conduct medical treatment of, any person.
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Chapter-19: Offence Relating to Medical Treatment
Section 230: Prohibition of conducting medical treatment by person who has
Subsection (2)
Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), nothing shall bar a person who has gained knowledge on medical treatment from a long experience from administering, with due care, such drug of general nature to a patient suffering from a minor disease as not causing any specific adverse impact on any human organ of such patient, or conducting medical treatment by conducting operation of a minor wound, ecthyma.
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Chapter-19: Offence Relating to Medical Treatment
Section 230: Prohibition of conducting medical treatment by person who has
Subsection (3)
A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees.
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Chapter-19: Offence Relating to Medical Treatment
Section 230: Prohibition of conducting medical treatment by person who has
Subsection (4)
The offender shall be liable to the sentence of imprisonment for life where any act of providing medical service, conducting surgery or administering drug in contravention of subsection (1) causes the death of any person, and to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding fifteen years where such act causes grievous hurt.
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Chapter-19: Offence Relating to Medical Treatment
Section 231: Prohibition of conducting medical treatment maliciously:
(1) No person shall, with the intention of causing death of, or grievous hurt to, another person, carry out his or her treatment, conduct one type of medical treatment of him or her instead of another type of treatment as required, or administer, or prescribe for administration of, any drug to him or her knowingly or having reason to believe that the administration or prescription of such drug may cause death of, or grievous hurt, to him or her or conduct surgery on one organ of human body of him or her instead of another organ as required or make such organ dysfunctional or separate such organ from the human body, or cause the commission of any of such acts.
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Chapter-19: Offence Relating to Medical Treatment
Section 231: Prohibition of conducting medical treatment maliciously:
Subsection (2)
(1) No A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to the following sentence: (a) The same sentence as imposable for murder, in the case of causing the death of any person, (a) The same sentence as imposable for grievous hurt, in the case of causing grievous heart to any person.
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Chapter-19: Offence Relating to Medical Treatment
Section 232: Prohibition of conducting medical treatment by recklessness or
negligence: (1) No person authorized under law to conduct medical treatment shall, in conducting medical treatment of any one, conduct such treatment, administer any drug or prescribe for the administration of drug to him or her in a reckless or negligent manner, without taking adequate care or precaution.
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Chapter-19: Offence Relating to Medical Treatment
Section 232: Prohibition of conducting medical treatment by recklessness or
Subsection (2)
Where any act referred to in sub-section (1) causes death of or grievous hurt to any one, the offender shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years and a fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees if the death or grievous hurt has been caused from a reckless act and to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees if the death or grievous hurt has been caused from a negligent act.
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Chapter-19: Offence Relating to Medical Treatment
Section 233: Prohibition of carrying out experiment on human body without
consent: (1) No person authorized under law to conduct medical treatment shall, in carrying out an experiment of any method relating to medical treatment, surgery or drug on the human body, carry out such experiment, without obtaining consent of the concerned person, and, in the case of a child or person of unsound mind, without obtaining consent of his or her father, mother or guardian, and without giving information thereof to such person, father, mother or guardian.
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Section 233: Prohibition of carrying out experiment on human body without
Subsection (2)
Any experiment referred to in sub-section (1) shall be carried out carefully, having regard to, inter alia, the possible effects of such method, surgery or drug on human body.
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Section 233: Prohibition of carrying out experiment on human body without
Subsection (3)
No person shall carry out physical examination of or alter any organ of any one, or cause the commission of such act, with intention to get any undue economic benefit or to breach the privacy of a woman or with any other intention.
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Section 233: Prohibition of carrying out experiment on human body without
Subsection (4)
A person who carries out, or causes to be carried out, any experiment in contravention of sub-section (1), (2) or (3) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees.
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Section 233: Prohibition of carrying out experiment on human body without
Subsection (5)
The offender shall be liable to the same sentence as imposable for murder if the offence referred to in sub-section (1), (2) or (3) causes the death of any one and to the same sentence as imposable for grievous hurt if such offence causes grievous hurt to any one.
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Section 234: Prohibition of selling dangerous drug:
(1) No person authorized to sell medicines as per law shall, without prescription of the person authorized under law to carry out treatment as per law, sell or distribute any narcotic, toxic or dangerous drug that may cause serious impact on human body.
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Section 234: Prohibition of selling dangerous drug:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person authorized to A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding twenty thousand rupees or both the sentences.
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Section 235: Prohibition of adulteration of drugs or sale of adulterated drugs
Subsection (1)
as to void or lessen or change the efficacy of such drug or make it noxious or sell such adulterated drug or any other thing saying that it is a drug or issue such drug or thing to any one for treatment or administer, or cause to be administered, such drug to any one.
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Section 235: Prohibition of adulteration of drugs or sale of adulterated drugs
Subsection (2)
A person who commits the offence referred to in subsection (1) shall be liable to the following sentence: (a) The same sentence as imposable for murder, in the case of death caused from the consumption of such drug, (b) The same sentence as imposable for attempted murder, in the case of danger or likelihood of danger to cause death caused from the consumption of such drug, (c) A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years and a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees, in the case of any grievous hurt or deterioration or deprivation of power of any organ of the body caused from the consumption of such drug, (d) A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years and a fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees in cases other than that referred to in clause (a), (b), or (c).
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Section 236: Prohibition of selling, distributing date-expired drugs or without
taking precaution: (1) No person shall sell any drug required to be used within a certain time period after the expiry of such date or sell, distribute any drug without taking any specific precaution if such precaution must be taken in the sale or distribution of such drug.
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Section 236: Prohibition of selling, distributing date-expired drugs or without
Subsection (2)
A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees.
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Section 237: Prohibition of selling, distributing of drug as a different drug
Subsection (1)
shall, while so selling or distributing the drug, sell or distribute a drug of one type as a drug of another type knowingly or having reasonable reason to know that such drug is materially a different type of drug.
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Section 237: Prohibition of selling, distributing of drug as a different drug
Subsection (2)
A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding twenty thousand rupees or both the sentences.
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Section 238: Prohibition of giving false report:
(1) No person licensed under law to conduct a pathological test of human blood, urine, sputum etc. shall give a fake or false report while conducting such test or give a report stating the facts different than that found from the test.
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Section 238: Prohibition of giving false report:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person licensed under A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees.
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Section 238: Prohibition of giving false report:
Subsection (3)
(1) No person licensed under Where the consumption of any drug prescribed to, conduction of a surgery on, or treatment of, a person on the basis of the report referred to in sub-section (1) causes the death of or any grievous hurt to such person, the person giving such report shall be deemed to be the offender.
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Section 238: Prohibition of giving false report:
Subsection (4)
(1) No person licensed under A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (3) shall be liable to the same sentence as imposable for murder, in the case of causing death of, and to the same sentence as imposable for grievous hurt, in the case of causing grievous heart to, any person.
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Section 239: Compensation to be paid:
(1) Where the death of, or grievous hurt to, or other harm, injury or damage to, any person is caused from the commission of any offence referred to in this Chapter, reasonable compensation shall be ordered to be paid by the offender to the concerned victim and to his or her successor if the victim is dead.
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Section 240: Statute of limitation:
(1) There shall be no statute of limitation for filing a complaint if death is caused from any of the acts referred to in sub-section (4) of Section 230, Section 231, Section 232, subsection (4) of Section 233, Section 235, and sub-section (4) of Section 238.
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Section 240: Statute of limitation:
Subsection (2)
(1) There shall be no statute of limitation for No complaint shall lie after one year from the date of knowledge of commission of the offence under sub-section (1) of Section 230, and after six months from the date of commission of any of the other offences under this Chapter.
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Chapter-20: Offences Relating to Theft and Robbery
Section 241: Prohibition of theft:
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be committed, theft.
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Section 241: Prohibition of theft:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be For the purposes of sub-section (1), a person who dishonestly takes any property under the ownership, possession, control or custody of another person out of such ownership, possession, control or custody or moves such property without that other person's consent, with the intention of owning, using or enjoying it, shall be considered to commit theft. Explanation: For the purposes of this Section,- (a) The term "consent" means the consent given in writing or orally or expressed by conduct. (b) Consent by a child who has not attained eighteen years of age or a person of unsound mind shall not be considered to be consent.
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Chapter-20: Offences Relating to Theft and Robbery
Section 242: Punishment for theft:
(1) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, theft in any of the following circumstances shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment from a term of two to seven years and a fine of twenty thousand to seventy thousand rupees: (a) In the case of theft of any government or public property or property of any religious place or temple, (b) In the case of theft of any property, upon administering liquor or narcotics to, or otherwise making unconscious, any person, (c) In the case of theft of any property, upon taking advantage of earthquake, fire, flood, riot or similar other situation of crisis or any accident, (d) In the case of theft of any property of the office or person whose service one is engaged in, (e) In the case of theft on a vehicle used for the conveyance of human persons or goods.
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Section 242: Punishment for theft:
Subsection (2)
(1) A person who commits, or causes to be A person who commits, or causes to be committed, theft in any circumstance other than that referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees.
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Section 243: Prohibition of burglary (Nakabajani):
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be committed, burglary.
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Section 243: Prohibition of burglary (Nakabajani):
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall commit, For the purposes of sub-section (1), a person shall be considered to commit burglary if he or she commits theft in a house by entering into the house by breaking its main gate or by using any passage, place, method or means other than the main gate, or after committing theft, he or she quits, or attempts to quit, by breaking its main gate or by using any passage, place, method or means other than the main gate.
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Section 243: Prohibition of burglary (Nakabajani):
Subsection (3)
(1) No person shall commit, A person who commits the offence referred to in subsection (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term of three to five years and a fine of thirty thousand to fifty thousand rupees.
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Section 244: Prohibition of robbery:
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be committed, robbery.
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Section 244: Prohibition of robbery:
Subsection (2)
(1) No person shall commit, or cause to be A person shall be deemed to commit robbery if he or she: (a) causes or attempts to cause to any person death or hurt or restraint or obstruction or fear or intimidation of instant death or of instant hurt, in order to the committing of theft or in committing the theft or in carrying away property obtained by the theft or to the escaping of arrest after the commission of the theft or commits theft carrying a deadly weapon, (b) obtains any money or economic benefit through criminal extortion by putting any person in fear of instant death or of instant or of instant restraint, (c) commits theft by waiting near or on way, road, lonely place or forest or show of fear or intimidation , using or threatening to use a deadly weapon, (d) commits theft in a group of three or more persons.