Indian Penal Code 1860
Section 75 :
1.[Enhanced punishment for certain offences under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII after previous conviction:
(See section 13 of BNS 2023)
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.[***]
4.[(b) Omitted.]
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 5.[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, s. 2, for section 75.
2. The words “British India” have successively been subs. by the A. O. 1948, the A. O. 1950 and Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch., to read as above.
3. The word “or” omitted by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch.
4. Cl. (b) omitted by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch.
