IPC Section 56 — Sentence of Europeans and Americans to penal servitude.

Summary

This section has been removed from the law. It was officially cancelled by a later Act passed in 1949 that eliminated racial discrimination in criminal sentencing.

Official Text

Repealed by the Criminal Law (Removal of Racial Discriminations) Act, 1949 (17 of 1949)

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