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IPC Section 142 - Bein g member of unlawful assembly
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IPC Section 142 deals with bein g member of unlawful assembly.
Full official legal text
142. Bein g member of unlawful assembly. Whoever, being aware of facts which render any
assembly an unlawful assembly, intentionally joins that assembly, or continues in it, is said to be a
member of an unlawful assembly.
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