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IND-1932-L-73540
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Title_of_text
Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932 (Act No. 23 of 1932).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
India
Subjects (Classification)
Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
1932-12-19
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Amends the Indian Press (Emergency Powers) Act, 1931 (23 of 1931) and the Indian Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1908 (14 of 1908) concerning offences related to dissemination of contents of prescribed document (section 5); dissemination of false rumours (section 6); molesting a person to prejudice of employment or business (section 7); power to order parent or guardian to pay line imposed on young person (section 8). It also makes certain amendments with respect to procedures: procedure in offences under the Act; power of State Government to make certain offences cognizable and non-bailable.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
India Code Information System (INCODIS)
Author
Ministry of Law and Justice
Country
India
URL
http://indiacode.nic.in/fullact1.asp?tfnm=193223