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SectionOffencePunishmentCognizable or non-cognizableBailable or non-bailableBy what court triable
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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,
CONVENIENCE, DECENCY AND MORALS

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.

DittoDittoDitto.
271

Knowingly disobeying any quarantine rule.

Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.

Non-cognizableDittoDitto.
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.

DittoDittoDitto.
273

Selling any food or drink as food and drink, knowing the same to be noxious.

Ditto

DittoDittoDitto.
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

DittoDittoDitto.
275

Offering for sale or issuing from a dispensary any drug or medical preparation known to have been adulterated.

Ditto

DittoDittoDitto.
276

Knowingly selling or issuing from a dispensary any drug or medical preparation as a different drug or medical preparation.

Ditto

DittoDittoDitto.
277

Defiling the water of a public spring or reservoir.

Imprisonment for 3 months, of fine of 500 rupees, or both.

CognizableDittoDitto.
278

Making atmosphere noxious to health.

Fine of 500 rupees

Non-cognizableDittoDitto.
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.

DittoDitto.Ditto
281

Exhibition of a false light, mark or buoy.

Imprisonment for 7 years, or fine, or both.

DittoDitto.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.

DittoDitto.Any Magistrate.
283

Causing danger, obstruction or, injury in any public way or line of navigation.

Fine of 200 rupees

DittoDitto.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.

DittoDitto.Ditto
285

Dealing with fire or any combustible matter so as to endanger human life, etc.

Ditto

DittoDitto.Ditto
286

So dealing with any explosive substance.

Ditto

DittoDitto.Ditto
287

So dealing with any machinery

Ditto

Non-cognizableDitto.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

DittoDitto.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

CognizableDitto.Ditto
290

Committing a public nuisance

Fine of 200 rupees

Non-cognizableDitto.Ditto
291

Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue.

Simple imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.

CognizableDitto.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 rupeesDitto.Ditto.Ditto

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