Clause 23

The Penal Code is amended by inserting, immediately after section 458, the following section:“Punishment for subsequent offence under section 454 or 457458A. Whoever, having been convicted of an offence under section 454, 455, 457 or 458, commits an offence under section 454 or 457 shall be punished with caning in addition to the punishment prescribed for that offence.”.