Section 75 IPC-Dhara 75-Dafa-Enhanced punishment for certain offences under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII after previous conviction

Section 75 IPC-Dhara 75-Dafa-Enhanced punishment for certain offences under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII after previous conviction:

¹75. Enhanced punishment for certain offences under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII after previous conviction.- Whoever, having been convicted,—

(a) by a Court in ²[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, ³[***]

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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 ⁴[imprisonment for life], or to imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years.]

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1. Subs. by Act 3 of 1910, sec. 2, for the original section.

2. The words "British India" have successively been subs. by the A.O. 1948, the A.O. 1950 and Act 3 of 1951, sec. 3 and Sch., to read as above.

3. The word "or" at the end of clause (a) and clause (b) omitted by Act 3 of 1951, sec. 3 and Sch.

4. Subs. by Act 26 of 1955, sec. 117 and Sch., for "transporta­tion for life" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).