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Penal Code 1871
Section 147

Section 147

Punishment for rioting

of Penal Code 1871

ActIn forceProvision 426 of 597

Section 147

Whoever is guilty of rioting shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 7 years and shall also be liable to caning.

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Penal Code 1871

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Section 144Joining an unlawful assembly armed with any deadly weapon
Section 145Joining or continuing in an unlawful assembly, knowing that it has been commanded to disperse
Section 146Force used by one member in prosecution of common object
Section 147Punishment for rioting
Section 148Rioting, armed with a deadly weapon
Section 149Every member of an unlawful assembly to be deemed guilty of any offence committed in prosecution of common object
Section 150Hiring, or conniving at hiring, of persons to join an unlawful assembly