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Section 121 — Waging or attempting to wage war or abetting the waging of war against the Government

As in force on 30 November 2008.

Timeline 5 versions
  1. 30 March 1987 Enacted
  2. 1 February 2008 Act 51 of 2007
  3. 30 November 2008 Revised edition
  4. 1 January 2020 Act 15 of 2019
  5. 17 August 2026 Latest
Revised edition in force 30 November 2008

The text below is this provision as reproduced in the Revised Edition that came into force on this date. A revised edition consolidates the law without changing its substance, so editorial amendments — such as renumbering, updated citations and formatting — may have been made but are not shown as a redline.

121.Waging or attempting to wage war or abetting the waging of war against the Government

Whoever wages war against the Government, or attempts to wage such war, or abets the waging of such war, shall be punished with death, or with imprisonment for life and shall, if he is not sentenced to death, also be liable to fine.

Illustration

A joins an insurrection against the Government. A has committed the offence defined in this section.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 121]