IPC Section 442 — House-trespass

Summary

House-trespass happens when a person commits criminal trespass by entering or staying inside a building, tent, or vessel that is used as a home, a place of worship, or a place where property is kept.

Official Text

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”.

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §329 — Criminal trespass and house-trespass