INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
491. Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person.
357. Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person.
491. Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless
person.--Whoever, being bound by a lawful contract to attend on or to
supply the wants of any person who, by reason of youth, or of
unsoundness of mind, or of a disease or bodily weakness, is helpless
or incapable of providing for his own safety or of supplying his own
wants, voluntarily omits so to do, shall be punished with imprisonment
of either description for a term which may extend to three months, or
with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
357. Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person.—Whoever, being
bound by a lawful contract to attend on or to supply the wants of any person who, by reason of youth, or
of unsoundness of mind, or of a disease or bodily weakness, is helpless or incapable of providing for his
own safety or of supplying his own wants, voluntarily omits so to do, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may
extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023