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Section 306 — Abetment of suicide or attempted suicide

As in force on 1 January 2020.

Timeline 3 versions
  1. 30 March 1987 Enacted
  2. 1 January 2020 Act 15 of 2019
  3. 17 August 2026 Latest
Amended in force 1 January 2020 by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
306.Abetment of suicide or attempted suicide

If any person commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of suchattempts or commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such attempted suicide or suicide shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to fine.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 306]