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Section 19 SC/ST Act — Section 360 of the Code or the provisions of the Probation of Offenders Act not to apply to persons g uilty of an offence under the Act

The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 · Official PDF page 16

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19. Section 360 of the Code or the provisions of the Probation of Offenders Act not to apply to persons g uilty of an offence under the Act.—The provisions of section 360 of the Code and the provisions of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 (20 of 1958) shall not apply to any person above the age of eighteen years who is found guilty of having committed an offence under this Act.

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