PENAL CODE
AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE A GENERAL PENAL CODE FOR CEYLON.
Sections
1. Short title.
2. Liability for offences under the Code .[2, 32 of 1991] [2, 16 of 2006]
3. Roman-Dutch Criminal Law abolished.
4. Certain laws not to be affected.
5. Definition to be understood subject to exceptions.
6. Expression once explained is used in the same sense throughout the Code.
7. Gender.
8. Number.
9. "Man". "Women".
10. "Person".
11. "Public".
12. "Republic."
14. "Government".
15. This Island "Sri Lanka", "foreign country", "foreign State".
16. " President ".
17. "Judge".
18. " Court of Justice".
18A. "Election".
19. "Public servant".
20. " Movable property".
21. " Wrongful gain".
22. "Dishonestly".
23. "Fraudulently".
24. "Reason to believe".
25. Property in possession of wife, clerk, or servant.
26. "Counterfeit".
27. "Document".
28. " valuable security ".
29. "A will".
30. Words referring to acts include illegal omissions.
31. "Act".
32. Liability for act done by several persons in furtherance of common intention.
33. When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention.
34. Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission.
35. Co-operation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence.
36. Several person engaged in the commission of a criminal act may be guilty of different offences.
37. "Voluntarily".
38. "Offence".
39. "Special law".
40. "Local law".
41. "Illegal". "Illegally".
42. "Legally bound to do ".
43. "Injury".
44. "Life".
45. "Death".
46. "Animal".
47. "Vessel".
48. "Year". "Month".
49. "Section".
50. "Oath".
51. "Good Faith".
52. "Punishment".
53. Punishment of detention in lieu of death for persons under eighteen years of age. [2,50 of 1980] .
54. Punishment of imprisonment in lieu of death for pregnant women.
55. Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple.
56. Sentence of forfeiture of property.
57. No female or person sentenced to death or imprisonment for more than Five years to be punished with whipping.
67. Limit of punishment of offence which is made up of several offences.
67A. Punishment of a person found guilty of one of several offences, where it is doubtful of which of the offences he is guilty.
68. Punishment of persons, convicted, after a previous conviction of an offence punishable with three years' imprisonment.
69. Act done by a person bound or by mistake of fact believing himself bound by law to do it.
70. Act of Judge when acting judicially.
71. Act done pursuant to the Judgment or order of a Court of Justice.
72. Act done by a person justified or by mistake of fact believing himself justified by law.
73. Accident in the doing of a lawful act.
74. Act likely to cause harm but done without a and to prevent other harm .
75. Act of a child under eight years of age.
76. Act of a child above eight and under twelve years of age, who has not sufficient maturity of understanding.
77. Act of a person of unsound mind.
78. Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason intoxication caused against his will.
79. Offence requiring a particular intent or knowledge commuted by one who is intoxicated.
80. Act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt done by consent.
81. Act not intended to cause death done by consent in good faith for the benefit of a person.
82. Act done in good faith for the benefit of a child or person of unsound mind, by or by consent of guardian.
83. Consent known to be given under fear or misconception.
84. Acts which are offences independently of harm caused to the person consenting are not within the exceptions in sections 80,81 and 82.
85. Act done in good faith for the benefit of a person without consent.
86. Communication made in good faith.
87. Act to which a Person is compelled by threats.
88. Act causing slight harm.
89. Nothing done in private defence is an offence.
90. Right of private defence of the body and of property.
91. Right of private defence against the act of a person of unsound mind, &c.
92. Acts against which there is no right of private defence.
93. When the right of private defence of the body extends to causing death.
94. When such right extends.
95. Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of the body.
96. When the right of private property extends lo causing death.
97. When such right extends to causing any harm other than death.
98. Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of property.
99. Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to an innocent person.
100. Abetment of the doing of a thing.
101. Abettor.
101A. Abetment in Sri Lanka of offences outside it.
102. Punishment of abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence, and where no express provision is made for its punishment.
103. Punishment of abetment if the person abetted does the act with a different intention from that of the abettor.
104. Liability of abettor when one act is abetted and a different act is done.
105. Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done.
106. Liability of abettor for an effect caused by the act abetted different from that intended by the abettor.
107. Abettor present when offence is committed.
108. Abetment of an offence punishable with death, if the offence be not committed in consequence of the abetment.
109. Abetment of an offence punishable with imprisonment if the offence be not committed in consequence of the abetment.
110. Abetting the commission of an offence by the public, or by more than ten persons.
111. Concealing a design to commit an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for twenty years.
112. A public officer concealing a design to commit an offence which it is his duty to prevent.
113. Concealing a design to commit an offence punishable with imprisonment.
113A. Definition of conspiracy .
113B. Punishment for conspiracy.
114. Waging or attempting to wage war, or abetting the waging of war, against the state.
115. Conspiracy to commit offence punishable by preceding section.
116. Collecting arms, & c ,with the intention of waging war against the Republic.
117. Concealing with intent to facilitate a design to wage war.
118. [2,12 of 2002]
119. Assaulting by President & c. with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power.
120. Exciting or attempting lo excite disaffection.
121. Waging war against any Power in alliance or at peace with the Republic.
122. Committing depredation on the territories of any Power in alliance or at peace with the Republic.
123. Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 121 and 122.
124. Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war in his custody to escape.
125. Public servant negligently suffering prisoner of State or war in his custody to escape.
126. Aiding escape of, rescuing, or harboring such prisoner.
127. Authority of Attorney-General required for prosecution under this Chapter.
128. Abetting mutiny or attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor, or airman, from his duty.
129. Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof.
130. Abetment of an assault by a soldier, sailor, or airman on his superior officer, when in the execution of his office.
131. Abetment of such assault, if the assault is committed.
132. Abetment of the desertion of a soldier. sailor, or airman.
133. Harbouring a deserter.
134. Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel though negligence of master.
135. Abetment of act of insubordination by a soldier, sailor or airman.
136. Persons subject to Army Act, Navy Act, or Air Force Act not punishable for offences in this Chapter.
137. Wearing the dress of a soldier, sailor, or airman.
138. Unlawful assembly.
139. Being a member of an unlawful assembly.
140. Punishment.
141. Joining an unlawful assembly armed with any deadly weapon.
142. Joining or continuing in an unlawful assembly knowing that it has been commanded to disperse.
143. Force used by one member in prosecution of common object.
144. Punishment for rioting .
145. Rioting, armed with a deadly weapon.
146. Every member of an unlawful assembly to be deemed guilty of any offence committed in prosecution of common object.
147. Hiring or conniving at hiring of person to join an unlawful assembly.
148. Knowingly joining or continuing in any assembly of five or more persons after it has been commanded to disperse.
149. Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot ,&c.
150. Wantonly giving provocation, with intent to cause riot.
151. Owner or occupier of land on which an unlawful assembly is held.
152. Liability of person for whose benefit a riot is committed.
153. Liability of agent of owner or occupier for whose benefit a riot is committed.
154. Harbouring Persons hired for an unlawful assembly.
155. Being hired to take Part in an unlawful assembly or riot.
156. 'Affray'.
157. Punishment for committing affray.
158. Public servant taking a gratification other than legal remuneration in respect of an official act.
159. Taking a gratification in order by corrupt or illegal means, to influence a public servant.
160. Taking a gratification for the exercise of personal influence with a public servant.
161. Punishment for abetment by public servant of the offences above defined.
162. Public servant disobeying a direction of the law with intent to cause injury to any person or the Government.
163. Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury.
164. Fraudulent or malicious infraction of duty by public servant in Posts or telecommunications Departments.
165. Misconduct by public servant in Posts Telecommunications Departments.
166. Fraud by public servant in Posts or Telecommunications Departments.
167. Injury to messages, &c., committed by public servants in Posts or Telecommunications Departments.
168. Personating a Public servant.
169. Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servants with fraudulent intent.
169A. " Candidate " and " electoral right".
169B. Bribery in connection with an, election.
169C. Undue Influence at elections .
169D. Personation at elections.
169E. Punishment for bribery.
169F. Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election.
169G. False statement in connection with an election.
169H. Failure to keep election accounts.
170. Absconding to avoid service of summons, notice or order proceeding from a public servant.
171. Preventing service of summons, notice or order proceeding from a public servant or preventing publication thereof.
172. Non-attendance in obedience to an order from a public servant.
173. Omission to produce a document to a public servant by a person legally bound to produce such document.
174. Omission to give notice or information to a public servant by a person legally bound to give notice or information.
175. Furnishing false information.
176. Refusing oath when duly required to take oath by a public servant.
177. Refusing to answer a public servant authorized to question.
178. Refusing to sign statement.
179. False statement on oath to public servant or person authorized to administer an oath.
180. False information with intent to cause a public servant to use his lawful power to the injury of another person.
181. Resistance to taking of property by the lawful authority of a public servant.
182. Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of a public servant.
183. Obstructing public servant in discharge of his public functions.
184. Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance.
185. Disobedience to an order duly promulgated by a public servant.
186. Threat of injury to a public servant.
187. Threat of injury to induce any person to refrain from applying for protection to a public servant.
188. Giving "false evidence".
189. " Fabricating false evidence ".
190. Punishment for giving or fabricating false evidence.
191. Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of a capital offence.
192. Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of an offence punishable with imprisonment for seven years or upwards.
193. Using evidence known to be false.
194. Issuing or signing a false certificate.
195. Using as a true certificate one known to be false in a material point.
196. False statement made in any declaration which is by law receivable as evidence.
197. Using as true any such declaration known to be false.
198. Causing disappearance of evidence of an offence committed, or giving false information touching it, to screen the offender.
199. Intentional omission to give information of an offence by a Person bound to inform.
200. Giving false information committed, respecting an offence committed.
201. Destruction of document to production as evidence.
202. False personation for the purpose of any act or proceeding in suit.
203. Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as a forfeiture or in execution of a decree.
204. Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as a forfeiture or in execution of decree.
205. Fraudulently suffering a decree for a sum not due.
206. Fraudulently or dishonestly making a false claim in a court of Justice.
207. Fraudulently obtaining a decreed or a sum not due.
208. False charge of offence made with indent to injure.
209. Harbouring an offender.
210. Taking gratification, &c., to screen an offender from punishment.
211. Offering gratification or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender.
212. Taking gratification to help to recover stolen property, &c.
213. Harbouring an offender who has escaped from custody or whose apprehension has been ordered.
214. Public officer disobeying a direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture .
215. Public servant framing an incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture.
216. Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of a public servant bound by law to apprehend.
217. Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of a public servant bound by law to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed.
218. Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by a Public servant.
219. Resistance or obstruction by a Person to his lawful apprehension.
219A. Resistance or obstruction to apprehension under a civil Process.
220. Resistance or obstruction to the lawful apprehension of another person.
220A. Resistance, obstruction, escape, or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for.
221. Escape from lawful custody.
222. Violation of condition of remission of punishment .
223. Intentional insult or interruption of a public servant silting in any stage of a judicial proceeding.
224. Personation of a juror or assessor.
225. Meaning of it coin " and " current coin ". [2,6 of 1968].
226. Counterfeiting coin.
227. Counterfeiting current coin. [ 3,54 of 1939].
228. Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting coin.
229. Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting current coin.
230. Possession of instrument or material for the purpose of using the same for counterfeiting coin.
231. Abetting in Sri Lanka the counterfeiting of coin out of Sri lanka.
232. Import or export of counterfeit coin .
233. Import or export of counterfeit current coin. [ 4, 54 of 1939].
234. Delivery to another of counterfeit coin possessed with the knowledge that it is counterfeit.
235. Delivery of current coin possessed with the knowledge that it is counterfeit. [ 5,54 of 1939].
236. Delivery to another of coin as genuine which when first possessed the deliverer did not know to be counterfeit.
237. Possession of counterfeit coin by a person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof.
238. Possession of counterfeit current coin by a person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof. [ 6,54 of 1939].
239. Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing the weight or altering the composition of any coin.
240. Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing the weight or altering the composition of current coin.
241. Altering appearance of any coin with intent that it shall pass as a coin of a different description.
242. Altering appearance of current coin with intent that it shall pass as a coin of a different description.
243. Delivery to another of coin possessed with the knowledge that it is altered.
244. Delivery of coin with the knowledge that it is altered.
245. Possession of altered coin by a person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof.
246. Possession of current coin by a person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof. [ 8,54 of 1939].
247. Delivery to another of coin as genuine which when first possessed the deliverer did not know to be altered.
248. Counterfeiting a Government stamp.
249. Having possession of an instrument or material for the purpose of counterfeiting a Government stamp.
250. Making or selling instruction for the purpose of counterfeiting a Government stamp.
251. Sale of counterfeit Government stamp.
252. Having possession of a counterfeit Government stamp.
253. Using as genuine a Government stamp known to be counterfeit.
254. Effacing any Writing from a substance bearing a Government stamp or removing from a document a stamp used for it with intent to cause loss to Government.
255. Using a Government stamp known lo have been before used.
256. Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used.
256A. Scope of the expression " Government' in sections 248 to 256.
257. Fraudulent use of false weighing or measuring instrument.
258. Fraudulent use of false weight or measure.
259. Being in Possession of false weights or measures.
260. Making or selling false weights or measures.
261. Public nuisance.
262. Negligent act likely to spread injection of any disease dangerous to life.
263. Malicious act likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life.
264. Disobedience to a quarantine rule.
265. Adulteration of food or drink which is intended for sale.
266. Sale of noxious food or drink.
267. Adulteration of drugs.
268. Sale of adulterated drugs.
269. Sale of any drugs as a different drug or preparation.
270. Fouling the water of a public spring or reservoir.
271. Making atmosphere noxious to health.
272. Rash driving or riding on a public way.
273. Rash navigation of a vessel.
274. Exhibition of a false light, mark, or buoy.
275. Conveying person by water for hire in a vessel overloaded or unsafe.
276. Danger or obstruction in a public way or line of navigation.
277. Negligent conduct with respect to any poisonous substance.
278. Negligent conduct with respect to any fire or combustible matter.
279. Negligent conduct with respect to any explosive substance.
280. Negligent conduct with respect to any machinery in the possession or under the charge of the offender.
281. Negligence with respect to pulling down or repairing buildings.
282. Negligence With respect to any animal.
283. Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for.
284. Continuance or nuisance after injunction to discontinue.
285. Sale, &c. of obscene books .&c.
286. Having in Possession obscene books, &c for sale or public exhibition. .
286A. Obscene publication exhibition &c relating to children. [ 2,22 of 1995] .
286B. Duty of person providing service by computer to prevent sexual abuse of a child. [ 3, 16 of 2006]
286C. Duty to inform of use of premises for child abuse. [ 3, 16 of 2006]
287. Obscene songs.
288. Causing or procuring children to beg. [ 3,29 of 1998].
288A. Hiring or employing children to act as procurers.[ 3,29 of 1998].
288B. Hiring or employing children to traffic in restricted articles.[ 3,29 of 1998]
289. Willful omission of statutory duty.
290. Injuring or defiling a place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class.
290A. Acts in relation to places of worship ,& c, with intent to insult the religion of any class.
291. Disturbing a religious assembly.
291A. Uttering words, &c, with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings.
291B. Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class, by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.
292. Trespassing on burial places, & c.
293. Culpable homicide.
294. Murder.
295. Culpable homicide by causing the death of a person other than the person whose death was intended.
296. Punishment for murder.
297. Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
298. Causing death by negligence.
299. Abetment of suicide.
300. Attempt to murder.
301. Attempt to commit culpable homicide.
302. Repealed. [4,29 of 1998]
303. Causing miscarriage.
304. Causing miscarriage without woman's consent.
305. Death caused by an act done with intent to causes miscarriage.
306. Act done with Intent to prevent a child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth.
307. Causing death of a quick unborn child by an act amounting to culpable homicide.
308. Exposure and abandonment of a child under twelve years by parent or Person having care of it.
308A. Cruelty to children. [ 3, 22 of 1995] [ 4, 16 of 2006].
309. Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body.
310. Cause hurt".
311. Grievous hurt .[4, 22 of 1995].
312. " Voluntarily causing hurt".
313. " Voluntarily causing grievous hurt".
314. Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt.
315. Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means.
316. Punishment for voluntarily grievous hurt.
317. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means.
318. Voluntarily causing hurt to extort properly, or to constrain to an illegal act.
319. Causing hurt by means of poison. &c, with intent to commit an offence.
320. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort property or to constrain to an illegal act.
321. Voluntarily causing hurt to extort confession or to compel restoration of property.
322. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property.
323. Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty.
324. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty.
325. Voluntarily causing hurt on provocation.
326. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt on provocation.
327. Punishment for act which endangers life or the personal safely of others.
328. Causing hurt by an act which endangers life or the personal safety others .
329. Causing grievous hurt by act which endangers life or the personal safety of others.
330. "Wrongful restraint".
331. "Wrongful confinement".
332. Punishment for wrongful restraint.
333. Punishment for wrongful confinement.
334. Wrongful confinement for three or more days.
335. Wrongful confinement for ten or more days .
336. Wrongful confinement of person for whose liberation a write has been issued.
337. Wrongful confinement secret.
338. Wrongful confinement for the purpose of extorting property, or constraining to an illegal act.
339. Wrongful confinement for the purpose of extorting confession, or of completing restoration of property.
340. Force.
341. " Criminal force".
342. 'Assault '.
343. Punishment for using criminal force otherwise than on grave and sudden provocation.
344. Using criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty.
345. Sexual harassment.[5,22 of 1995] [ 5,16 of 2006]
346. Assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour a person otherwise than on grave and sudden provocation.
347. Assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property carried by a person.
348. Assault or criminal force in attempt wrongfully to confine person.
349. Assaulting or using criminal force on grave and sudden provocation.
350. Kidnapping.
351. " Kidnapping Sri Lanka ".
352. "Kidnapping from lawful guardianship".
353. "Abduction".
354. Punishment for kidnapping.
355. Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder.
356. Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine a person.
357. Kidnapping or abducting a woman to compel her marriage, &c.
358. Kidnapping or abducting in order to subject a person to grievous hurt, slavery, &c.
358A. Debt bondage, serfdom, forced or compulsory labour, slavery and recruitment of children for use in armed conflict.[ 7,16 of 2006]
359. Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement a kidnapped person.
360. Kidnapping or abducting a child under ten years with intent to steal movable property from the person of such child.
360A. Procreation. [7,22 of 1995] [ 5,29 of 1998]
360B. Sexual exploitation of children. [ 8, 22 of 1995].
360C. Trafficking. [ 8, 22 of 1995] [ 8, 16 of 2006].
360D. Offences related to adoption. [ 9, 16 of 2006]
360E. Soliciting a child. [ 9, 16 of 2006]
361. Repealed [9, 22 of 1995].
362. Repealed [9, 22 of 1995].
362A. Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage.
362B. Marrying again during the lifetime of husband or wife.
362C. Same offence with concealment of the former marriage from the person with whom subsequent marriage is contracted.
362D. Marriage ceremony gone through with fraudulent intent without lawful marriage.
363. 'Rape'. [ 12,22 of 1995].
364. Punishment for rape. [ 13,22 of 1995] [ 10, 16 of 2006].
364A. Incest. [ 15,22 of 1995].
365. Unnatural offence. [ 17,22 of 1995] [ 11,16 of 2006].
365A. Acts of gross indecency between persons. [ 18,22 of 1995] [ 12, 16 of 2006].
365B. Grave sexual abuse [ 19,22 of 1995] [ 13,16 of 2006].
365C. Publication of matter relating to certain offences.[ 21,22 of 1995].
366. "Theft".
367. Punishment for theft.
368. Theft of cattle.
369. Theft in dwelling house, &c.
370. Theft by clerk or servant of session of master.
371. Theft after preparation made for causing death or hurt, in order to the committing of the theft.
372. "Extortion".
373. Punishment for extortion.
374. Putting person in fear of injury in order to commit extortion .
375. Extortion by putting Person in fear of death or grievous hurt.
376. Putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt in order to commit extortion.
377. Extortion by threat of accusation of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for ten years, &c.
378. Putting person in fear of accusation of offence in order to commit extortion.
379. Robbery.
380. Punishment for robbery .
381. Attempt to commit robbery .
382. Voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery.
383. Robbery with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt.
384. Attempt to commit robbery when armed with deadly weapon.
385. Punishment for belonging to a wandering gang of thieves.
386. Dishonest misappropriation of property.
387. Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by a deceased person at the time of his death.
388. "Criminal breach of trust".
389. Punishment for criminal breach of trust.
390. Criminal breach of trust by carrier, &c.
391. Criminal breach of trust by a clerk or servant.
392. Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker , merchant, or agent.
392A. Criminal breach by public servant in respect of money or balance of money.
392B. Criminal breach of trust by agent in respect of postal articles.
393. " Stolen property" .
394. Dishonestly property.
395. Habitually dealing in stolen property.
396. Assisting in concealment of Stolen property.
397. Receiving stolen cattle or praedial products.
398. "Cheating".
399. "cheating by personation".
400. Punishment for cheating.
401. Cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may be thereby caused to a person whose interest the offender is bound to protect.
402. Punishment for cheating by Personation.
403. cheating and dishonestly inducing a delivery of property.
404. Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property prevent distribution among creditors.
405. Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing from being made available for his creditors a debt or demand due to the offender.
406. Dishonest or fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing a false statement of consideration.
407. Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property or release of claim.
408. Mischief.
409. Punishment for committing mischief.
410. Committing mischief and thereby causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees .
411. Mischief by killing or maiming any animal of the value of ten rupees.
412. Mischief by injury to works of irrigation by wrong fully divert water.
413. Mischief by injury to works of irrigation or by wrongfully diverting water.
414. Mischief by injury to public road, bridge, or river.
415. Mischief by causing inundation or obstruction to public drainage attended with damage.
416. Mischief by destroying or moving or rendering less useful a lighthouse or seamark.
417. Mischief by destroying or moving, &c, a landmark fixed by authority of a public servant.
418. Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to cause damage to the amount of one hundred rupees.
419. Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy a house, &c.
420. Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a decked vessel or a vessel of a burden often .
421. Punishment for the mischief described in the last section when committed by fire or any explosive substance.
422. Punishment for intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft, &c.
423. Punishment for impeding the saving of a vessel .
424. Punishment for removing or secreting wreck.
425. Taking wreck into foreign port .
426. Mischief committed after preparation made for causing death or hurt.
427. " Criminal trespass ".
428. "House-trespass " .
429. " Lurking house-trespass " .
430. "Lurking house- trespass by night ".
431. "House- breaking".
432. "House-breaking by night".
433. Punishment for criminal trespass.
434. Punishment for house-trespass .
435. House-trespass in order to the commission of an offence punishable with death.
436. House-trespass in order to the commission of an offence punishable with imprisonment for ten years or more.
437. House-trespass in order to the commission of an offence punishable with imprisonment for less than ten years.
438. House-trespass after preparation made for causing hurt to any person.
439. Punishment for lurking house- trespass or house- breaking.
440. Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to the commission of an offence punishable with imprisonment.
441. Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking after preparation made for causing hurt to any person.
442. Punishment for lurking house- trespass by night or house breaking by night .
443. Lurking house- trespass by night or house- breaking by night in order to the commission of an offence punishable .
444. Lurking house- trespass by night or house night after preparation made for causing hurt to any person.
445. Grievous hurt caused whilst committing lurking house- trespass or house- breaking.
446. All persons jointly concerned in house trespass by night or house-breaking by night to be punishable for death or grievous hurt caused by one of their number.
447. Dishonestly breaking open any closed receptacle containing or supposed to property.
448. Punishment for same offence when committed by person entrusted with custody.
449. Unlawful possession of house-breaking instrument or being armed with offensive weapon.
450. Being found in a building , &c., for unlawful purpose .
451. Loitering about by reputed thief.
452. Forgery .
453. Making a false document.
454. Punishment for forgery .
455. Forgery of a record of a Court of Justice or of a public register of births, &c.
456. Forgery of a valuable security or will.
457. Forgery for the purpose of cheating .
458. " A forged document" .
459. Using as genuine a forged document.
460. Making or possessing a counterfeit seal, plate, &c. with intent to commit a forgery punishable under section 456.
461. Making or possessing a counterfeit seal, plate, &c. with intent to commit a forgery punishable otherwise.
462. Having possession of a forged record or valuable security or will known to be forged, with intent to use it as genuine.
463. Counterfeiting a device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 456, or possessing counterfeit marked material.
464. Counterfeiting a device or mark used for authenticating documents other than those described in section 456, or possessing counterfeit marked material.
465. Sending false message by telegraph.
466. Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, &c, of a will.
467. Falsification of accounts.
468. Possession of any imitation of any currency not bank note or coin.
469. Property-mark.
470. " Using a false property- mark".
471. Punishment for using a false property-mark with intent to deceive or injure any person.
472. Counterfeiting a property-mark used by another with intent to cause damage or , injury.
473. Counterfeiting property-mark used by a public servant, or any mark used by him to denote the manufacture, quality. &c, of any property.
474. Fraudulent making or having possession of any die, pate, or other instrument for counterfeiting any public or private property-mark.
475. Knowingly selling goods marked with a counterfeit property-mark.
476. Fraudulently making a false mark upon any package or receptacle containing goods.
477. Punishment for making use of any such false mark.
478. Defacing any property-mark with intent to cause injury.
478A. Counterfeiting currency notes or bank notes.
478B. Using as genuine forged or counterfeit currency note or bank note.
478C. Possession of forged or counterfeit currency notes .
478D. Making or possessing instrument or materials for forging or counterfeiting currency notes or bank notes.[ 3, 19 of 1941].
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483. Criminal intimidation .
484. Intentional insult with intent to provoke a breach of the peace.
485. Circulating false report with intent to cause mutiny or an offence against the Republic.
486. Punishment for criminal intimidation.
487. Criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication.
488. Misconduct in public by a drunken person.
489. Administering or taking or abetting the administering or taking of an oath to commit an offence.
490. Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment.