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Section 344 — Wrongful confinement for 10 or more days

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
Repealed in force 1 January 2020 by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
344.Wrongful confinement for 10 or more days

Whoever wrongfully confines any person for 10 days or more, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 years, and shall also be liable to fine.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 344]

344.

[Repealed by Act 15 of 2019 wef 01/01/2020]