Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023
Section 13 :
Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction :
(See section 75 of IPC 1860)
Whoever, having been convicted by a Court in India, of an offence punishable under Chapter X or Chapter XVII of this Sanhita with imprisonment of either description for a term of three years or upwards, 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 imprisonment for life, or to imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years.
Indian Penal Code 1860 (IPC 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.