Lawgist124Assaulting President. Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power
Whoever, with the intention of inducing or compelling the 1 [President] of India, or 94 [Governor 3 *** ]of any 4 [State], 5 *** 6 *** 7*** to exercise or refrain from exercising in any manner any any of the lawful powers of such 100[President or 2 [Governor 3 ***]],
assaults or wrongfully restrains, or attempts wrongfully to restrain, or overawes, by means of criminal force or the show of criminal force, or attempts so to overawe, such 8[President or 2 [Governor 3 ***]],
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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1. Subs. by the ibid., for “Governor General”. 2. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch., for “Governor”. 3. The words “or Rajpramukh” omitted by the A. O. 1956. 4. Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for “Province” which had been subs. by the A. O. 1937, for “Presidency”. 5. The words “or a Lieutenant-Governor” omitted by the A. O. 1937. 6. The words “or a Member of the Council of the Governor General of India” omitted by the A.O. 1948. 7. The words “or of the Council of any Presidency” omitted by the A. O. 1937. 8. The words “Governor General, Governor, Lieutenant-Governor or Member of Council” have successively been amended by the A.O. 1937, the A. O. 1948 and the A. O. 1950 to read as above/
- 121 Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against the Government of India
- 121A Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 121
- 122 Collecting arms, etc., with intention of waging war against the Government of India
- 123 Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war
- 124 Assaulting President. Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power
- 124A Sedition
- 125 Waging war against any Asiatic power in alliance with the Government of India
- 126 Committing depredation on territories of power at peace with the Government of India
- 127 Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 125 and 126
- 128 Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State or war to escape
- 129 Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape
- 130 Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner
