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Section 75 IPC — Enhanced punishment for certain offences under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII after previous conviction

Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Official PDF page 25

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2*[75. Enhanced punishment for certain offences under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII after previous conviction.--Whoever, having been convicted,-

(a) by a Court in 3*[India], of an offence punishable under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII of this Code with imprisonment of either description for a term of three years or upwards, 4**** 4* * * * * shall be guilty of any offence punishable under either of those Chapters with like imprisonment for the like term, shall be subject for every such subsequent offence to 5*[imprisonment for life] or to imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years.] CHAPTER IV GENERAL EXCEPTIONS CHAPTER IV GENERAL EXCEPTIONS

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