Section 168 IPC — Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade

Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Official PDF page 65

168. Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade.--Whoever, being a public servant, and being legally bound as such public servant not to engages in trade, engages in trade, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.

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