Whoever, with the intention of inducing or compelling the President or a Member of Parliament or the Cabinet, to exercise or refrain from exercising in any manner any of the lawful powers of the President, or such Member, assaults or wrongfully restrains, or attempts wrongfully to restrain, or overawes by means of criminal force, or the show of criminal force, or attempts so to overawe, the President or such Member, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 7 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Section history
Section 124 — Assaulting President, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power
As in force on 12 November 1993.
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- 30 March 1987 Enacted
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