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Section 357 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Of breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person
357. Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person.
Whoever, being bound by a lawful contract to attend on or to supply the wants of any person who, by reason of youth, or of unsoundness of mind, or of a disease or bodily weakness, is helpless or incapable of providing for his own safety or of supplying his own wants, voluntarily omits so to do, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.
Related Sections
- Section 49: Punishment of abetment if act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment
- Section 33: Act causing slight harm
- Section 227: Giving false evidence
- Section 30: Act done in good faith for benefit of a person without consent
- Section 47: Abetment in India of offences outside India
Related Acts
- Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2019
- National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Amendment) Act, 2017
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017
- Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021
- National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Act, 2020
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