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Section 454 — Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit an offence punishable with imprisonment

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
Repealed in force 1 January 2020 by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
454.Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit an offence punishable with imprisonment

Whoever commits lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit any offence punishable with imprisonment, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 years, and shall also be liable to fine; and if the offence intended to be committed is theft, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 454]

454.

[Repealed by Act 15 of 2019 wef 01/01/2020]