Of Punishments
BNS Section 13 - Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction
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13. Enhanced punishment for certain offences after previous conviction.--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.