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Section 122 — Collecting arms, etc., with the intention of waging war against the Government

As in force on 1 January 2020.

Timeline 4 versions
  1. 30 March 1987 Enacted
  2. 1 February 2008 Act 51 of 2007
  3. 1 January 2020 Act 15 of 2019
  4. 17 August 2026 Latest
Amended in force 1 January 2020 by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
122.Collecting arms, etc., with the intention of waging war against the Government

Whoever collects men, arms or ammunition or otherwise prepares to wage war, with the intention of either waging or being prepared to wage war against the Government, shall be punished with imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 20 years, and shall, if he is not sentenced to imprisonment for life, also be liable to fine.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 122]