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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 349: Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark
- Section 255: Public servant Disobeying direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
- Section 107: Abetment of suicide of child or person of unsound mind
- Section 8: Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc
- Section 150: Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war
Related Acts
- Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers Cadre) Act, 2019
- Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017
- Code on Wages, 2019
- National Capital Territory of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of Residents in Unauthorised Colonies) Act, 2019
- Marine Aids to Navigation Act, 2021
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