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Section 121 — Waging or attempting to wage war or abetting the waging of war against the Government

Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.

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121.Waging or attempting to wage war or abetting the waging of war against the Government

Whoever wages war against the Government, or attempts to wage such war, or abets the waging of such war, shall be punished with death, or with imprisonment for life, and shall and shall, if he is not sentenced to death, also be liable to fine.

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A joins an insurrection against the Government. A has committed the offence defined in this section.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 121]