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IND-1860-L-48320
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Title_of_text
Penal Code (Act No. 45 of 1860).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
India
Subjects (Classification)
Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
1860
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Chapter IX deals with offences by public servants, including abuse of office and bribery. Sections 366 to 377 deal with, inter alia, forced labour, slavery, prostitution, and sexual offences against minors.
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2006-01-11 (IND-2006-L-73547)
Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2005 (No. 2 of 2006).
Amending text(s)
2013-04-02 (IND-2013-L-93631)
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 (No. 13 of 2013).
Related Text region
Related text(s)
2012-06-19 (IND-2012-L-92079)
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (No. 32 of 2012).
Related text(s)
1989-09-11 (IND-1989-L-93591)
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (No. 33 of 1989).
Related text(s)
2013-04-22 (IND-2013-L-93622)
Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013 (No. 14 of 2013).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Penal Code
Publisher
Ministry of Law and Justice
URL
http://indiacode.nic.in/fullact1.asp?tfnm=186045
File
IND48320.pdf (PDF of Act in English)
Monograph region
Monograph title
N. D. Basus's Indian Penal Code
Author
S. K. Bose, ed.
Place of publication
Calcutta
Country
India
Date
1966
Edition
6th ed.
Monograph title
Indian Penal code
Author
B.M. Gandhi
Publisher
Eastern Book Company
Place of publication
Lucknow
Country
India
Date
1996
Page range
648 pp.
Monograph title
Bharat's Criminal Major Acts (consolidated to 2000)
Author
D. N. Sen
Publisher
Bharat Law House
Place of publication
New Delhi
Country
India
Date
2001
Edition
2nd edition
ISBN
81-7737-030-8