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SECTION 52A IPC - Indian Penal Code - "Harbour"
Last Updated: 01 Oct, 2024
By Advocate Chikirsha Mohanty
As per new Indian Criminal law, IPC Section 52A has been replaced with BNS Section 2 with effect from July 1, 2024.
(Words "Except in section 157 and in section 130, in the case in which the harbour is given by the wife or husband of the person harboured, the word” have been excluded.)
Please refer to BNS 2 for updated procedures & punishments.
(Words "Except in section 157 and in section 130, in the case in which the harbour is given by the wife or husband of the person harboured, the word” have been excluded.)
Please refer to BNS 2 for updated procedures & punishments.
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Except in section 157, and in section 130 in the case in which the harbour is given by the wife or husband of the person harboured, the word “harbour” includes the supplying a person with shelter, food, drink, money, clothes, arms, ammunition or means of conveyance, or the assisting a person by any means, whether of the same kind as those enumerated in this section or not, to evade apprehension.
IPC 52A in Simple Words
Section 52A of the Indian Penal Code defines "harbour" as providing shelter, food, money, etc., or assisting a person in any way to avoid being caught, except in specific cases mentioned.
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