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CHAPTER XIII - OFFENCES RELATING TO WEIGHTS AND MEASURES | |||||
264 | Fraudulent use of false instrument for weighing. | Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both. | Non-cognizable | Bailable | Any Magistrate. |
265 | Fraudulent use of false weight or measure. | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto |
266 | Being in possession of false weight or measures for fraudulent use. | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto |
267 | Making or selling false weights or measures for fraudulent use. | Ditto | Cognizable | Non-bailable | Ditto |
CHAPTER XIV - OFFENCES AFFECTING THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, | |||||
269 | Negligently doing any act known to be likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life. | Imprisonment for 6 months or fine, or both. | Cognizable | Bailable | Any Magistrate. |
270 | Malignantly doing any act known to be likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life. | Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both. | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto. |
271 | Knowingly disobeying any quarantine rule. | Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both. | Non-cognizable | Ditto | Ditto. |
272 | Adulterating food or drink intended for sale, so as to make the same noxious. | Imprisonment for 6 month, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both. | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto. |
273 | Selling any food or drink as food and drink, knowing the same to be noxious. | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto. |
274 | Adulterating any drug or medical preparation intended for sale so as to lesson its efficacy, or to change its operation, or to make it noxious. | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto. |
275 | Offering for sale or issuing from a dispensary any drug or medical preparation known to have been adulterated. | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto. |
276 | Knowingly selling or issuing from a dispensary any drug or medical preparation as a different drug or medical preparation. | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto. |
277 | Defiling the water of a public spring or reservoir. | Imprisonment for 3 months, of fine of 500 rupees, or both. | Cognizable | Ditto | Ditto. |
278 | Making atmosphere noxious to health. | Fine of 500 rupees | Non-cognizable | Ditto | Ditto. |
279 | Driving or riding on a public way so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life, etc. | Imprisonment for 6 months or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both. | Cognizable | Bailable | Any Magistrate. |
280 | Navigating any vessel so rashly negligently as to endanger human life, etc. | Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both. | Ditto | Ditto. | Ditto |
281 | Exhibition of a false light, mark or buoy. | Imprisonment for 7 years, or fine, or both. | Ditto | Ditto. | Magistrate of the first class. |
282 | Conveying for hire any person by water, in a vessel in such a state or so loaded, as to endanger his life. | Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or, both. | Ditto | Ditto. | Any Magistrate. |
283 | Causing danger, obstruction or, injury in any public way or line of navigation. | Fine of 200 rupees | Ditto | Ditto. | Ditto |
284 | Dealing with any poisonous substance so as to endanger human life, etc. | Imprisonment for 6 months or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both. | Ditto | Ditto. | Ditto |
285 | Dealing with fire or any combustible matter so as to endanger human life, etc. | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto. | Ditto |
286 | So dealing with any explosive substance. | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto. | Ditto |
287 | So dealing with any machinery | Ditto | Non-cognizable | Ditto. | Ditto |
288 | A person omitting to guard against probable danger to human life by the fall of any building over which he has a right entitling him to pull it down or repair it. | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto. | Ditto |
289 | A person omitting to take order with any animal in his possession, so as to guard against danger to human life, or of grievous hurt, from such animal. | Ditto | Cognizable | Ditto. | Ditto |
290 | Committing a public nuisance | Fine of 200 rupees | Non-cognizable | Ditto. | Ditto |
291 | Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue. | Simple imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both. | Cognizable | Ditto. | Ditto |
292 | Sale, etc., of obscene books, etc. | On first conviction, with imprisonment for 2 years, and with fine of 2,000 rupees, and, in the event of second or subsequent conviction, with imprisonment for five years and with fine of 5,000 rupees. | Ditto. | Ditto. | Ditto |
293 | Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young persons. | On first conviction, with imprisonment for 3 years, and with fine of 2,000 rupees, and in the event of second or subsequent conviction, with imprisonment for 7 years, and with fine of 5,000 rupees. | Ditto. | Ditto. | Ditto |
294 | Obscene songs | Imprisonment for 3 months, or fine, or both. | Ditto. | Ditto. | Ditto |
294 A | Keeping a lottery office
| Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.
| Non-cognizable
| Ditto.
| Ditto
|
Publishing proposals relating to lotteries. | Fine of 1,000 rupees | Ditto. | Ditto. | Ditto |
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