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Section 456 — Punishment for lurking house-trespass by night or house-breaking by night

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Repealed in force 1 January 2020 by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
456.Punishment for lurking house-trespass by night or house-breaking by night

Whoever commits lurking house-trespass by night or house-breaking by night, 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. 456]

456.

[Repealed by Act 15 of 2019 wef 01/01/2020]