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Act
Indian Penal Code, 1860
Section number
442
Section reader
Indian Penal Code, 1860
442. House trespass
Whoever commits criminal trespass by entering into or remaining in any building, tent or vessel used as a human dwelling. or any building used as a place for worship, or as a place for the custody of property, is said to commit "House-trespass".
Explanation- The introduction of any part of the criminal trespasser's body is entering sufficient to constitute house-trespass.
