| 1.
| | This Ordinance may be cited as the Penal Code, and is generally ricers to hereinafter as" this Code". |
| 2.
| | Liability for offences committed within Sri Lanka. |
| 3.
| | Roman-Dutch Criminal Law abolished. |
| 4.
| | Certain laws not to be affected. |
| 5.
| | Definition to be understood subject to exceptions. |
| 6.
| | Expression once explained is used in the same sense throughout the Code. |
| 7.
| | Gender. |
| 8.
| | Number. |
| 9.
| | "Man". "Women". |
| 10.
| | "Person" |
| 11.
| | "Public". |
| 12.
| | "Republic." |
| 14.
| | "Government". |
| 15.
| | "This Island' "Sri Lanka", "foreign country ", " foreign State". |
| 16.
| | "President". |
| 17.
| | "Judge". |
| 18.
| | "Court of Justice". |
| 18A.
| | "Election". |
| 19.
| | " Public servant ". |
| 20.
| | " Movable property". |
| 21.
| | "Wrongful gain". |
| 22.
| | "Dishonestly". |
| 23.
| | "Fraudulently". |
| 24.
| | "Reason to believe". |
| 25.
| | Property in possession of wife, clerk, or servant. |
| 26.
| | "Counter-feit" |
| 27.
| | "Document". |
| 28.
| | " Valuable security ". |
| 29.
| | "A will". |
| 30.
| | Words referring to acts include illegal omissions. |
| 31.
| | "Act ". |
| 32.
| | Liability for act done by several persons in furtherance of common intention. |
| 33.
| | When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done wish a criminal knowledge or intention. |
| 34.
| | Effect caused partly by act and parity by omission. |
| 35.
| | Co-operation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence. |
| 36.
| | Several person engaged in the commission of a criminal act may be guilty of different offences. |
| 37.
| | "Voluntarily". |
| 38.
| | "Offence". |
| 39.
| | "Special law". |
| 40.
| | "Local law". |
| 41.
| | "Illegal". "Illegally". |
| 42.
| | "Legally bound to do ". |
| 43.
| | "Injury". |
| 44.
| | "Life". |
| 45.
| | "Death". |
| 46.
| | "Animal". |
| 47.
| | "Vessel". |
| 48.
| | "Year". "Month". |
| 49.
| | "Section". |
| 50.
| | "Oath". |
| 51.
| | "Good Faith". |
| 52.
| | "Punishment". |
| 53.
| | Punishment of detention in lieu of death for persons under eighteen years of age. [2,50 of 1980.] |
| 54.
| | Punishment of imprisonment in lieu of death for pregnant women. |
| 55.
| | Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple. |
| 56.
| | Sentence of forfeiture of property. |
| 57.
| | No female or person sentenced to death or imprisonment for more than Five years to be punished with whipping. |
| 67.
| | Limit of punishment of offence which is made up of several offences |
| 67A.
| | Punishment of a person found guilty of one of several offences, where it is doubtful of which of the offences he is guilty. |
| 68.
| | Punishment of persons, convicted, after a previous conviction of an offence punishable with three years' imprisonment. |
| 69.
| | Act done by a person bound or by mistake of fact believing himself bound by law to do it. |
| 70.
| | Act of Judge when acting judicially. |
| 71.
| | Act done pursuant to the Judgment or order of a Court of Justice. |
| 72.
| | Act done by a person justified or by mistake of fact believing himself justified by law. |
| 73.
| | Accident in the doing of a lawful act. |
| 74.
| | Act likely to cause harm but done without a and to prevent other harm. |
| 75.
| | Act of a child under eight years of age. |
| 76.
| | Act of a child above eight and under twelve years of age, who has not sufficient maturity of understanding. |
| 77.
| | Act of a person of unsound mind. |
| 78.
| | Act of a person incapable of judgment by reason intoxication caused against his will. |
| 79.
| | Offence requiring a particular intent or knowledge commuted by one who is intoxicated. |
| 80.
| | Act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt done by consent. |
| 81.
| | Act not intended to cause death done by consent in good faith for the benefit of a person. |
| 82.
| | Act done in good faith for the benefit of a child or person of unsound mind, by or by consent of guardian. |
| 83.
| | Consent known to be given under fear or misconception. |
| 84.
| | Acts which are offences independently of harm caused to the person consenting are' not within the exceptions in sections 80,81 and 82. |
| 85.
| | Act done in good faith for the benefit of a person without consent. |
| 86.
| | Communication made In good faith. |
| 87.
| | Act to which a Person is compelled by threats. |
| 88.
| | Act causing slight harm. |
| 89.
| | Nothing done in private defence is an offence. |
| 90.
| | Right of private defence of the body and of property. |
| 91.
| | Right of private defence against the act of a person of unsound mind,&c. |
| 92.
| | Acts against which there is no right of private defence. |
| 93.
| | When the right of private defence of the body extends to causing death. |
| 94.
| | When such right extends to causing any harm other than death. |
| 95.
| | Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of the body. |
| 96.
| | When the right of private defence of property extends to causing death. |
| 97.
| | When such right extends to causing any harm other than death. |
| 98.
| | Commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of property. |
| 99.
| | Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to an innocent person. |
| 100.
| | Abetment of the doing of a thing. |
| 101.
| | Abettor. |
| 101A.
| | Abetment in Sri Lanka of offences outside it. |
| 102.
| | Punishment of abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence, and where no express provision is made for its punishment. |
| 103.
| | Punishment of abetment if the person abetted does the act with a different intention from that of the abettor. |
| 104.
| | Liability of abettor one act is abetted and a different act is done. |
| 105.
| | Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done. |
| 106.
| | Liability of abettor for an effect caused by the act abetted different from that intended by the abettor. |
| 107.
| | Abettor present when offence is committed. |
| 108.
| | Abetment of an offence punishable with death, if the offence be not committed in consequence of the abetment. |
| 109.
| | Abetment of an offence punishable with imprisonment if the offence be not committed in consequence of the abetment. |
| 110.
| | Abetting the commission of an offence by the public, or by more than ten persons. |
| 111.
| | Concealing a design to commit an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for twenty years. If the offence be committed. If the offence be not committed. |
| 112.
| | A public servant concealing a design to commit an offence which it is his duty to prevent. If the offence be committed. If the offence be punishable with death. If the offence be not committed. |
| 113.
| | Concealing a design to commit an offence punishable with imprisonment. If the offence be committed. If not committed. |
| 113A.
| | Definition of conspiracy . |
| 113B.
| | Punishment for conspiracy. |
| 114.
| | Waging or attempting to wage war. or abetting the waging of war. against the Republic. |
| 115.
| | Conspiracy to commit offence punishable by preceding section. |
| 116.
| | Collecting arms.&c.,with the intention of waging war against the Republic. |
| 117.
| | Concealing With intent to facilitate a design to wage war. |
| 118.
| | Attempt by contumacious or insulting words or sings to bring the President into contempt. |
| 119.
| | Assaulting by President &c.with intent to compel or restring the exercise of any lawful power. |
| 120.
| | Exciting or attempting lo excite disaffection. |
| 121.
| | Waging war against any Power in alliance or at peace with the Republic. |
| 122.
| | Committing depredation on the territories of any Power in alliance or at peace with the Republic. |
| 123.
| | Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 121 and 122. |
| 124.
| | Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of Stale or war in his custody to escape. |
| 125.
| | Public servant negligently suffer-ing prisoner of State or war in his custody to escape. |
| 126.
| | Aiding escape of, rescuing,or harbouring such prisoner. |
| 127.
| | Authority of Attorney-General required for prosecution under this Chapter. |
| 128.
| | Abetting mutiny or attempting to seduce a soldier, sailor, or airman, from his duty. |
| 129.
| | Abetment of mutiny, if mutiny is committed in consequence thereof. |
| 130.
| | Abetment of an assault by a soldier, sailor, or airman on his superior officer, when in the execution of his office. |
| 131.
| | Abetment of such assault, if the assault is committed. |
| 132.
| | Abetment of the desertion of a soldier. sailor, or airman. |
| 133.
| | Harbouring a deserter. |
| 134.
| | Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel though negligence of master. |
| 135.
| | Abetment of act of insubordi-nation by a soldier, sailor or airman. |
| 136.
| | Persons subject to Army Act, Navy Act, or Air Force Act not punishable for offences in this Chapter. |
| 137.
| | Wearing the dress of a soldier, sailor,or airman. |
| 138.
| | Unlawful assembly. |
| 139.
| | Being a member of an unlawful assembly. |
| 140.
| | Punishment. |
| 141.
| | Joininig an unlawful assembly armed with any deadly weapon. |
| 142.
| | Joining or continuing in an unlawful assembly knowing that it has been commanded to disperse. |
| 143.
| | Force used by one member in prosecution of common object. |
| 144.
| | Punishment for rioting. |
| 145.
| | Rioting, armed with a deadly weapon. |
| 146.
| | Every member of an unlawful assembly to be deemed guilty of any offence committed in prosecution of common object. |
| 147.
| | Hiring or conniving at hiring of person to join an unlawful assembly. |
| 148.
| | Knowingly joining or continuing in any assembly of five or more persons after it has been commanded to disperse. |
| 149.
| | Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot ,&c. |
| 150.
| | Wantonly giving provocation, with intent to cause riot. If rioting be committed. If not committed. |
| 151.
| | Owner or occupier of land on which an unlawful assembly is held. |
| 152.
| | Liability of person for whose benefit a riot is committed. |
| 153.
| | Liability of agent of owner or occupier for whose benefit a riot is committed. |
| 154.
| | Harbouring Persons hired for an unlawful assembly. |
| 155.
| | Being hired to take Part in an unlawful assembly or riot. Or to go armed. |
| 156.
| | 'Affray'. |
| 157.
| | Punishment for committing affray. |
| 158.
| | Public servant taking a gratification other than legal remuneration in respect of an official act. |
| 159.
| | Taking a gratification in order by corrupt or illegal means, to influence a public servant. |
| 160.
| | Taking a gratification for the excercise of personal influence with a public servant. |
| 161.
| | Punishment for abetment by public servant of the offences above defined. |
| 162.
| | Public servant disobeying a direction of the law with intent to cause injury to any person or the Government. |
| 163.
| | Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury. |
| 164.
| | Fraudulent or malicious infraction of duty by public servant in Posts or telecommunications Departments. |
| 165.
| | Misconduct by public servant in Posts Telecommunications Departments. |
| 166.
| | Fraud by public servant in Posts or Telecommunications Departments. |
| 167.
| | Injury to messages, &c, commited by public servants in Posts or Telecommunications Departments. |
| 168.
| | Personating a Public servant. |
| 169.
| | Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servants with fraudulent intent. |
| 169A.
| | " Candidate " and " electoral right". |
| 169B.
| | Bribery in connection with an, election. |
| 169C.
| | Undue Influence at elections. |
| 169D.
| | Presentation at elections. |
| 169E.
| | Punishment for bribery. |
| 169F.
| | Punishment for undue influence or presentation at an election. |
| 169G.
| | False statement in connection with an election. |
| 169H.
| | Failure to keep election accounts. |
| 170.
| | Absconding to avoid service of summons, notice or order proceeding from a public servant. |
| 171.
| | Preventing service of summons, notice or order proceeding from a public servant or preventing publication thereof. |
| 172.
| | Non-attendance in obedience to an order from a public servant. |
| 173.
| | Omission to produce a document to a public servant by a person legally bound to produce such document. |
| 174.
| | Omission to give notice or information to a public servant by a person legally bound to give notice or information. |
| 175.
| | Furnishing false information. |
| 176.
| | Refusing oath when duly required to take oath by a public servant. |
| 177.
| | Refusing to answer a public servant authorized to question. |
| 178.
| | Refusing to sign statement. |
| 179.
| | False statement on oath to public servant or person authorized to administer an oath. |
| 180.
| | False information with intent to cause a public servant to use his lawful power to the injury of another person. |
| 181.
| | Resistance to taking of property by the lawful authority of a public servant. |
| 182.
| | Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of a public servant. |
| 183.
| | Obstructing public servant in discharge of his public functions. |
| 184.
| | Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance. |
| 185.
| | Disobedience to an order duly promulgated by a public servant. |
| 186.
| | Threat of injury to a public servant. |
| 187.
| | Threat of injury to induce any person to refrain from applying for protection to a public servant. |
| 188.
| | Giving "false evidence". |
| 189.
| | " Fabricating false evidence ". |
| 190.
| | Punishment for giving or fabricating false evidence. |
| 191.
| | Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of a capital offence. |
| 192.
| | Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of an offence punishable with imprisonment for seven years or upwards. |
| 193.
| | Using evidence known to be false. |
| 194.
| | Issuing or signing a false certificate. |
| 195.
| | Using as a true certificate one known to be false in a material point. |
| 196.
| | False statement made in any declaration which is by law receivable as evidence. |
| 197.
| | Using as true any such declaration known to be false. |
| 198.
| | Causing disappearance of evidence of an offence committed, or giving false information touching it, to screen the offender. |
| 199.
| | Intentional omission to give information of an offence by a Person bound to inform. |
| 200.
| | Giving false information committed, respecting an offence committed. |
| 201.
| | Destruction of document to production as evidence. |
| 202.
| | False presentation for the purpose of any act or proceeding in suit. |
| 203.
| | Fraudulent removal or concealment of properly to prevent its seizure as a forfeiture or in execution of a decree. |
| 204.
| | Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as a forfeiture or in execution of decree. |
| 205.
| | Fraudulently suffering a decree for a sum not due. |
| 206.
| | Fraudulently or dishonestly making a false claim in a court of Justice. |
| 207.
| | Fraudulently obtaining a decree for a sum not due. |
| 208.
| | False charge of offence made with indent to injure. |
| 209.
| | Harbouring an offender. |
| 210.
| | Taking gratification, &c., to screen an offender from punishment. |
| 211.
| | Offering gratification or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender. |
| 212.
| | Taking gratification to help to recover stolen property,&c. |
| 213.
| | Harbouring an offender who has escaped from custody or whose apprehension has been ordered. |
| 214.
| | Public servant disobeying a direction of law with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture. |
| 215.
| | Public servant framing an incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture. |
| 216.
| | Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of a public servant bound by law to apprehend. |
| 217.
| | Intentional omission to apprehend on the part of a public servant bound by law to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed. |
| 218.
| | Escape from confinement or custody negligently suffered by a Public servant. |
| 219.
| | Resistance or obstruction by a Person to his lawful apprehension. |
| 219A.
| | Resistance or obstruction to apprehension under a civil Process. Punishment. |
| 220.
| | Resistance or obstruction to the lawful apprehension of another person. Punishment |
| 220A.
| | Resistance, obstruction, escape, or rescue in cases not otherwise provided for. |
| 221.
| | Escape from lawful custody. |
| 222.
| | Violation of condition of remission of punishment |
| 223.
| | Intentional insult or interruption of a public servant silting in any stage of a judicial proceeding. |
| 224.
| | Presentation of a juror or assessor. |
| 225.
| | Meaning of "coin " and " current coin " [2,6 of 1968]. |
| 226.
| | Counterfeiting coin. |
| 227.
| | Counterfeiting current coin. |
| 228.
| | Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting coin. |
| 229.
| | Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting current coin. |
| 230.
| | Possession of mstrument or material for the purpose of using the same for counterfeiting coin. |
| 231.
| | Abetting in Sri Lanka the counterfeiting of coin out of Sri lanka. |
| 232.
| | Import or export of counterfeit coin . |
| 233.
| | Import or export of counterfeit current coin . |
| 234.
| | Delivery to another of counterfeit coin possessed with the knowledge that it is counterfeit. |
| 235.
| | Delivery of current coin possessed with the knowledge that it is counterfeit. |
| 236.
| | Delivery to another of coin as genuine which when first possessed the deliverer did not know to be counterfeit. |
| 237.
| | Possession of counterfeit coin by a person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof. |
| 238.
| | Possession of counterfeit current coin by a person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof. |
| 239.
| | Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing the weight or altering the composition of any coin. |
| 240.
| | Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing the weigh! or altering the composition of current coin. |
| 241.
| | Altering appearance of any coin with intent that it shall pass as a coin of a different description. |
| 242.
| | Altering apneaiance of current coin with intent that it shdil pass as a coin of a different description. |
| 243.
| | Delivery to another of coin possessed with the knowledge that it is altered. |
| 244.
| | Delivery of coin with the knowledge that it is altered.knowledge that it is altered. |
| 245.
| | Possession of altered coin by a person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof. |
| 246.
| | Possession of current coin by a person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof. |
| 247.
| | Delivery to another of coin as genuine which when first possessed the deliverer did not know to be altered. |
| 248.
| | Counterfeiting a Government stamp. |
| 249.
| | Having possession of an instrument or material for the purpose of counterfeiting a Government stamp. |
| 250.
| | Making or selling instruction for the purpose of counterfeiting a Government stamp. |
| 251.
| | Sale of counterfeit Government stamp. |
| 252.
| | Having possession of a counterfeit Government stamp. |
| 253.
| | Using as genuine a Government stamp known to be counterfeit. |
| 254.
| | Effacing any Writing from a substance bearing a Government stamp or removing from a document a stamp used for it with intent to cause loss to Government. |
| 255.
| | Using a Government stamp known lo have been before used. |
| 256.
| | Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used. |
| 256A.
| | Scope of the expression " Government" in sections 248 to 256. |
| 257.
| | Fraudulent use of false weighing or measuring instrument. |
| 258.
| | Fraudulent use of false weight or measure. |
| 259.
| | Being in Possession of false weights or measures. |
| 260.
| | Making or selling false weights or measures. |
| 261.
| | Public nuisance. |
| 262.
| | Negligent act likely to spread injection of any disease dangerous to life. |
| 263.
| | Malicious act likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life. |
| 264.
| | Disobedience to a quarantine rule. |
| 265.
| | Adulteration of food or drink which is intended for sale. |
| 266.
| | Sale of noxious food or drink. |
| 267.
| | Adulteration of drugs. |
| 268.
| | Sale of adulterated drugs. |
| 269.
| | Sale of any drugs as a different drug or preparation. |
| 270.
| | Fouling the water of a public spring or reservoir. |
| 271.
| | Making atmosphere noxious to health. |
| 272.
| | Rash driving or riding on a public way. |
| 273.
| | Rash navigation of a vessel. |
| 274.
| | Exhibition of a false light, mark, or buoy. |
| 275.
| | Conveying person by water for hire in a vessel overloaded or unsafe. |
| 276.
| | Danger or obstruction in a public way or line of navigation. |
| 277.
| | Negligent conduct with respect to any poisonous substance. |
| 278.
| | Negligent conduct with respect to any fire or combustible matter. |
| 279.
| | Negligent conduct with respect to any explosive substance. |
| 280.
| | Negligent conduct with respect to any machinery in the possession or under the charge of the offender. |
| 281.
| | Negligence with respect to pulling down or repairing buildings. |
| 282.
| | Negligence With respect to any animal. |
| 283.
| | Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for. |
| 284.
| | Continuance or nuisance after injunction to discontinue. |
| 285.
| | Sale.&c. of obscene books &c. |
| 286.
| | Having in Possession obscene books, &c for sale or public exhibition. |
| 287.
| | Obscene songs. |
| 289.
| | Wilful omission of statutory duty. |
| 290.
| | Injuring or defiling a place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class. |
| 290A.
| | Acts in relation to places of worship ,&c,with intent to insult the religion of any class. |
| 291.
| | Disturbing a religious assembly. |
| 291A.
| | Uttering words, &c, with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings. |
| 291B.
| | Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class, by insulting its religion or religious beliefs. |
| 292.
| | Trespassing on burial places,&c. |
| 293.
| | Culpable homicide. |
| 294.
| | Murder. |
| 295.
| | Culpable homicide by causing the death of a person other than the person whose death was intended. |
| 296.
| | Punishment for murder. |
| 297.
| | Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. |
| 298.
| | Causing death by negligence. |
| 299.
| | Abetment of suicide. |
| 300.
| | Attempt to murder. |
| 301.
| | Attempt to commit culpable homicide. |
| 302.
| | Attempt to commit suicide. |
| 303.
| | Causing miscarriage. |
| 304.
| | Causing miscarriage without woman's consent. |
| 305.
| | Death caused by an act done with intent to causes miscarriage. |
| 306.
| | Act done with Intent to prevent a child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth. |
| 307.
| | Causing death of a quick unborn child by an act amounting to culpable homicide. |
| 308.
| | Exposure and abandonment of a child under twelve years by parent or Person having care of it. |
| 309.
| | Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body. |
| 310.
| | Cause hurt". |
| 311.
| | "Grievous hurt". |
| 312.
| | " Voluntarily causing hurt". |
| 313.
| | " Voluntarily causing grievous hurt" |
| 314.
| | Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt. |
| 315.
| | Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means. |
| 316.
| | Punishment for voluntarily grievous hurt. |
| 317.
| | Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means. |
| 318.
| | Voluntarily causing hurt to extort properly, or to constrain to an illegal act. |
| 319.
| | Causing hurl by means of poison &c, with intent to commit an offence. |
| 320.
| | Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort properly or to constrain to an illegal act. |
| 321.
| | Voluntarily causing hurt to extort confession or to compel restoration of properly. |
| 322.
| | Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort confession, or to compel restoration of property. |
| 323.
| | Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty. |
| 324.
| | Voluntarily causing grievous hurl to deter public servant from his duty. |
| 325.
| | Voluntarily causing hurt on provocation. |
| 326.
| | Voluntarily causing grievous hurt on provocation. |
| 327.
| | Punishment for act which endangers life or the personal safely of others. |
| 328.
| | Causing hurt by an act which endangers life or the personal safety others. |
| 329.
| | Causing grievous hurt by act which endangers life or the personal safety of others. |
| 330.
| | "Wrongful restraint". |
| 331.
| | "Wrongful confinement". |
| 332.
| | Punishment for wrongful restraint. |
| 333.
| | Punishment for wrongful confinement. |
| 334.
| | Wrongful confinement for three or more days. |
| 335.
| | Wrongful confinement for ten or more days |
| 336.
| | Wrongful confinement of person for whose liberation a write has been issued. |
| 337.
| | Wrongful confinement secret. |
| 338.
| | Wrongful confinement for the purpose of extorting property, or constraining to an illegal act. |
| 339.
| | Wrongful confinement for the purpose of extorting confession,or of completing restoration of property. |
| 340.
| | Force. |
| 341.
| | "Criminal force". |
| 342.
| | 'Assault '. |
| 343.
| | Punishment for using criminal force otherwise than on grave and sudden provocation. |
| 344.
| | Using criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty. |
| 345.
| | Assault or use of criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty. |
| 346.
| | Assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour a person otherwise than on grave and sudden provocation. |
| 347.
| | Assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property carried by a person. |
| 348.
| | Assault or criminal force in attempt wrongfully to confine person. |
| 349.
| | Assaulting or using criminal force on grave and sudden provocation. |
| 350.
| | Kidnapping. |
| 351.
| | " Kidnapping Sri Lanka ". |
| 352.
| | "Kidnapping from lawful guardianship" |
| 353.
| | "Abduction" |
| 354.
| | Punishment for kidnapping. |
| 355.
| | Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder. |
| 356.
| | Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine a person. |
| 357.
| | Kidnapping or abducting a woman to compel her marriage, &c., |
| 358.
| | Kidnapping or abducting in order to subject a person to grievoushurt, slavery, &c. |
| 359.
| | Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement a kidnapped person. |
| 360.
| | Kidnapping or abducting a child under ten years with intent to steal movable property from the person of such child. |
| 360A.
| | Procuration. |
| 361.
| | Buying or disposing of any person as a slave. |
| 362.
| | Habitual dealing in slaves. |
| 362A.
| | Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage. |
| 362B.
| | Marrying again during the lifetime of husband or wife. |
| 362C.
| | Same offence with concealment of the former marriage from the person with whom subsequent marriage is contracted. |
| 362D.
| | Marriage ceremony gone through with fraudulent intent without lawful marriage. |
| 363.
| | 'Rape'. |
| 364.
| | Punishment for rape. |
| 364A.
| | Defilement of girls between twelve and fourteen. |
| 365.
| | Unnatural offence. |
| 365A.
| | Acts of gross indecency between male persons. |
| 366.
| | "Theft" |
| 367.
| | Punishment for theft. |
| 368.
| | Theft of cattle. |
| 369.
| | Theft in dwelling house, &c. |
| 370.
| | Theft by clerk or servant of session of master. |
| 371.
| | Theft after preparation made for causing death or hurt, in order to the committing of the theft. |
| 372.
| | "Extortion". |
| 373.
| | Punishment for extortion. |
| 374.
| | Putting person in fear of injury in order to commit extortion. |
| 375.
| | Extortion by putting Person in fear of death or grievous hurt. |
| 376.
| | Putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt in order to commit extortion. |
| 377.
| | Extortion by threat of accusation of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for ten years, &c. |
| 378.
| | Putting person in fear of accusation of offence in order to commit extortion. |
| 379.
| | Robbery. |
| 380.
| | Punishment for robbery. |
| 381.
| | Attempt to commit robbery. |
| 382.
| | Voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery. |
| 383.
| | Robbery with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt. |
| 384.
| | Attempt to commit robbery when armed with deadly weapon. |
| 385.
| | Punishment for belonging to a wandering gang of thieves. |
| 386.
| | Dishonest misappropriation of property. |
| 387.
| | Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by a deceased person at the time of his death. |
| 388.
| | "Criminal breach of trust". |
| 389.
| | Punishment for criminal breach of trust. |
| 390.
| | Criminal breach of trust by carrier, &c. |
| 391.
| | Criminal breach of trust by a clerk or servant. |
| 392.
| | Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker , merchant, or agent. |
| 392A.
| | Criminal breach by public servant in respect of money or balance of money. |
| 392B.
| | Criminal breach of trust by agent in respect of postal articles. |
| 393.
| | " Stolen property". |
| 394.
| | Dishonestly recieving stolen property. |
| 395.
| | Habitually dealing in stolen property. |
| 396.
| | Assisting in concealment of Stolen property. |
| 397.
| | Receiving stolen cattle or praedial products. |
| 398.
| | "Cheating". |
| 399.
| | "cheating by presonation". |
| 400.
| | Punishment for cheating. |
| 401.
| | Cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may be thereby caused to a person whose interest the offender is bound to protect. |
| 402.
| | Punishment for cheating by Presentation. |
| 403.
| | cheating and dishonestly inducing a delivery of property. |
| 404.
| | Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property prevent distribution among creditors. |
| 405.
| | Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing from being made available for his creditors a debt or demand due to the offender. |
| 406.
| | Dishonest or fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing a false statement of consideration. |
| 407.
| | Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property or release of claim. |
| 408.
| | Mischief. |
| 409.
| | Punishment for committing mischief. |
| 410.
| | Committing mischief and thereby causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees . |
| 411.
| | Mischief by killing or maiming any animal of the value of ten rupees. |
| 412.
| | Mischief by killing or maiming any cattle &c or any animal of the value of fifty rupees. |
| 413.
| | Mischief by injury to works of irrigation or by wrongfully diverting water. |
| 414.
| | Mischief by injury to public road, bridge, or river. |
| 415.
| | Mischief by causing inundation or obstruction lo public drainage attended with damage. |
| 416.
| | Mischief by destroying or moving or rendering less useful a lighthouse or seamark. |
| 417.
| | Mischief by destroying or moving, &c, a landmark fixed by authority of a public servant. |
| 418.
| | Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to cause damage to the amount of one hundred rupees. |
| 419.
| | Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy a house, &c. |
| 420.
| | Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a decked vessel or a vessel of a burden of ten tons or upwards. |
| 421.
| | Punishment for the mischief described in the last section when committed by fire or any explosive substance. |
| 424.
| | Punishment for intentionally running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft, &c. |
| 423.
| | Punishment for impeding the saving of a vessel . |
| 424.
| | Punishment for removing or secreting wreck. |
| 425.
| | Taking wreck into foreign port. |
| 426.
| | Mischief committed after preparation made for causing death or hurt. |
| 427.
| | " Criminal trespass ". |
| 428.
| | "House-trespass ". |
| 429.
| | " Lurking house-trespass ". |
| 430.
| | "Lurking house- trespass by night ". |
| 431.
| | "House- breaking". |
| 432.
| | "House-breaking by night". |
| 433.
| | Punishment for criminal trespass. |
| 434.
| | Punishment for house-trespass. |
| 435.
| | House-trespass in order to the commission of an offence punishable with death. |
| 436.
| | House-trespass in order to the commission of an offence punishable with imprisonment for ten years or more. |
| 437.
| | House-trespass in order to the commission of an offence punishable with imprisonment for less than ten years. |
| 438.
| | House-trespass after preparation made for causing hurt to any person. |
| 439.
| | Punishment for lurking house- trespass or house- breaking. |
| 440.
| | Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to the commission of an offence punishable with imprisonment. |
| 441.
| | Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking after preparation made for causing hurt to any person. |
| 442.
| | Punishment for lurking house- trespass by night or house breaking by night. |
| 443.
| | Lurking house- trespass by night or house- breaking by night in order to the commission of an offence punishable with imprisonment. |
| 444.
| | Lurking house- trespass by night or house night after preparation made for causing hurt to any person. |
| 445.
| | Grievous hurt caused whilst committing lurking house- trespass or house- breaking. |
| 446.
| | All persons jointly concerned in hush trespass by night or house-breaking by night to be punishable for death or grievous hurt caused by one of their number. |
| 447.
| | Dishonestly breaking open any closed receptacle containing or supposed to property. |
| 448.
| | Punishment for same offence when committed by person entrusted with custody. |
| 449.
| | Unlawful possession of house-breaking instrument or being armed with offensive weapon. |
| 450.
| | Being found in a building , &c., for unlawful purpose. |
| 451.
| | Loitering about by reputed thief. |
| 452.
| | Forgery. |
| 453.
| | Making a false document. |
| 454.
| | Punishment for forgery. |
| 455.
| | Forgery of a record of a Court of Justice or of a public register of births, &c. |
| 456.
| | Forgery of a valuable security or will. |
| 457.
| | Forgery for the purpose of cheating. |
| 458.
| | " A forged document". |
| 459.
| | Using as genuine a forged document. |
| 460.
| | Making or possessing a counterfeit seal, plate, &c. with intent to commit a forgery punishable under section 456. |
| 461.
| | Making or possessing a counterfeit seal, plate, &c. with intent to commit a forgery punishable otherwise. |
| 462.
| | Having possession of a forged record or valuable security or will known to be forged, with intent to use it as genuine. |
| 463.
| | Counterfeiting a device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 456, or possessing counterfeit marked material. |
| 464.
| | Counterfeiting a device or mark used for authenticating documents other than those described in section 456, or possessing counterfeit marked material. |
| 465.
| | Sending false message by telegraph. |
| 466.
| | Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, &c, of a will. |
| 467.
| | Falsification of accounts. |
| 468.
| | Possession of any imitation of any currency not bank note or coin. |
| 469.
| | Property-mark. |
| 470.
| | " Using a false property- mark". |
| 471.
| | Punishment for using a false property-mark with intent to deceive or injure any person. |
| 472.
| | Counterfeiting a property-mark used by another with intent to cause damage or injury. |
| 473.
| | Counterfeiting property-mark used by a public servant, or any mark used by him to denote the manufacture, quality. &c, of any property. |
| 474.
| | Fraudulent making or having possession of any die, plate, or other instrument for counterfeiting any public or private property-mark. |
| 475.
| | Knowingly selling goods marked with a counterfeit property-mark. |
| 476.
| | Fraudulently making a false mark upon any package or receptacle containing goods. |
| 477.
| | Punishment for making use of any such false mark. |
| 478.
| | Defacing any property-mark with intent to cause injury. |
| 478A.
| | Counterfeiting currency notes or bank notes. |
| 478B.
| | Using as genuine forged or counterfeit currency note or bank note. |
| 478C.
| | Possession of forged or counterfeit currency notes or bank notes. |
| 478D.
| | Making or possessing instrument or materials for forging or counterfeiting currency notes or bank notes. |
| 479.
| | Defamation. |
| 480.
| | Punishment for defamation. |
| 481.
| | Printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory. |
| 482.
| | Sale of printed or engraved substance containing defamatory matter. |
| 482A.
| | Punishment of persons reconvicted under this Chapter. |
| 483.
| | Criminal intimidation. |
| 484.
| | Intentional insult with intent to provoke a breach of the peace. |
| 485.
| | Circulating false report with intent to cause mutiny or an offence against the Republic. |
| 486.
| | Punishment for criminal intimidation. |
| 487.
| | Criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication. |
| 488.
| | Misconduct in public by a drunken person. |
| 489.
| | Administering or taking or abetting the administering or taking of an oath to commit an offence. |
| 490.
| | Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment. |
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