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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 339: Having possession of document described in section 337 or section 338, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine
- Section 293: Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue
- Section 233: Using evidence known to be false
- Section 50: Punishment of abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor
- Section 259: Intentional omission to apprehend on part of public servant bound to apprehend
Related Acts
- Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2017
- Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021
- Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015
- Regional Centre for Biotechnology Act, 2016
- Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018
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