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Section 449 — House-breaking in order to commit an offence punishable with death

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
449.House-trespassHouse-breaking in order to commit an offence punishable with death

Whoever commits house-trespasshouse-breaking in order to commit any offence punishable with death, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, and shall15 years, and shall, if he is not sentenced to imprisonment for life, also be liable to fine.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 449]