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Section 426 — Punishment for committing mischief

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
426.Punishment for committing mischief

Whoever commits mischief shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year2 years, or with fine, or with both.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 426]