IPC Section 75:  Enhanced Punishment For Certain Offences Under Chapter Xii Or Chapter Xvii After Previous Conviction

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IPC Section 2[75 :  Enhanced Punishment For Certain Offences Under Chapter Xii Or Chapter Xvii After Previous Conviction

Whoever, having been convicted,—

(a) by a Court in 3 [India], of an offence punishable under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII of this Code with imprisonment of either description for a term of three years or upwards, 4***

shall be guilty of any offence punishable under either of those Chapters with like imprisonment for the like term, shall be subject for every such subsequent offence to 6 [imprisonment for life], or to imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years.]

Amendment

  1. Subs. by Act 26 of 1955, s. 117 and the Sch., for “Secondly.—Transportation” (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).
  2. Cl. Thirdly omitted by Act 17 of 1949, s. 2 (w.e.f. 6-4-1949).
  3. The word “or” omitted by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch.

-Text In Indian Penal Code

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