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IPC Section 174A - .Non -appearance in response to a proclamation under section 82 of Act 2 of 1974
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IPC Section 174A deals with .non -appearance in response to a proclamation under section 82 of act 2 of 1974.
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174A. .Non -appearance in response to a proclamation under section 82 of Act 2 of 1974
Whoever fails to appear at the specified place and the specified time as required by a proclamation
published under sub-section (1) of section 82 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 shall be punished
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both, and where a
declaration has been made under sub -section ( 4) of that sectio n pronouncing him as a proclaimed
offender, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years and shall
also be liable to fine.]
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