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IPC Section 442 - House -trespass
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 442 deals with house -trespass.
Full official legal text
442. House -trespass. Whoever commits criminal trespass by entering into or remaining in any
building, tent or vessel used as a human dwelling or any building used as a place for worship, or as a
place for the custody of property, is said to commit "house-trespass".
Explanation.-- The introduction of any part of the criminal trespasser's body is entering sufficien t to
constitute house-trespass.
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