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IPC Chapter 8: Offences against the Public Tranquillity

Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS).

  1. Section 141. Unlawful assembly
  2. Section 142. Being member of unlawful assembly
  3. Section 143. Punishment
  4. Section 144. Joining unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapon
  5. Section 145. Joining or continuing in unlawful assembly, knowing it has been commanded to disperse
  6. Section 146. Rioting
  7. Section 147. Punishment for rioting
  8. Section 148. Rioting, armed with deadly weapon
  9. Section 149. Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object
  10. Section 150. Hiring, or conniving at hiring, of persons to join unlawful assembly
  11. Section 151. Knowingly joining or continuing in assembly of five or more persons after it has been commanded to disperse
  12. Section 152. Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc
  13. Section 153. Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot-if rioting be committed-if not committed
  14. Section 153A. Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony
  15. Section 153AA. Punishment for knowingly carrying arms in any procession or organising, or holding or taking part in any mass drill or mass training with arms
  16. Section 153B. Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-integration
  17. Section 154. Owner or occupier of land on which an unlawful assembly is held
  18. Section 155. Liability of person for whose benefit riot is committed
  19. Section 156. Liability of agent of owner of occupier for whose benefit riot is committed
  20. Section 157. Harbouring persons hired for an unlawful assembly
  21. Section 158. Being hired to take part in an unlawful assembly or riot
  22. Section 159. Affray
  23. Section 160. Punishment for committing affray