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Section 309

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

Amendments
Section 309 — Original text to 1 January 2020superseded
309.Attempt to commit suicide

Whoever attempts to commit suicide, and does any act towards the commission of such offence, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 309]

Section 309 — From 1 January 2020 (current)repealed by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
309.

[Repealed by Act 15 of 2019 wef 01/01/2020]