BNS Section 13: Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 2: Of Punishments
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13. 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.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 4. Punishments
- 5. Commutation of sentence
- 6. Fractions of terms of punishment
- 7. Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple
- 8. Amount of fine, liability in default of payment of fine, etc
- 9. Limit of punishment of offence made up of several offences
- 10. Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, judgment stating that it is doubtful of which
- 11. Solitary confinement
- 12. Limit of solitary confinement