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IPC Section 75 - Enhanced punishment for certain offences under Chapter XII or Chapter X VII after
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IPC Section 75 deals with enhanced punishment for certain offences under chapter xii or chapter x vii after.
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75. Enhanced punishment for certain offences under Chapter XII or Chapter X VII after
previous conviction.--Whoever, having been convicted,--
(a) by a Court in 3[India], of an offence punishable under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII of this
Code with imprisonment of either description for a term of three years or upwards, 4***
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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 6[imprisonment for life] , or to
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years.]
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