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Section 184 — Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant

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
184.Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of a public servant

A person who intentionally obstructs any sale of property offered for sale by the lawful authority of any public servant as such, shall —

(a)in the case of an individual, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to $1,500, or with both; or

(b)in any other case, be punished with fine which may extend to $10,000.

Whoever intentionally obstructs any sale of property offered for sale by the lawful authority of any public servant as such, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to $1,500, or with both.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 184]