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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/