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Section 448 — Punishment for house-breaking

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

Amendments
Section 448 — Original text to 30 November 2008superseded
448.Punishment for house-trespass

Whoever commits house-trespass shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to $1,000$3,000, or with both.

Section 448 — 30 November 2008 to 1 January 2020rewritten by the Revised Edition
448.Punishment for house-trespass

Whoever commits house-trespass shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to $3,000, or with both.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 448]

Section 448 — From 1 January 2020 (current)rewritten by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
448.Punishment for house-breaking

Whoever commits house-breaking shall be guilty of an offence and shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 years, or with fine, or with both.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 448]