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Section 6: Penalty for begging after detention as beggar.

The Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1959State Act of Maharashtra · Act 10 of 1959

(1) Whoever, having been previously detained in a Certified Institution under this Act is found begging, shall on conviction be punished as hereinafter in this section provided.

(2) When a person is convicted for the first time under sub-section (1) the Court shall order him to be detained in a Certified Institution for a period of not less than two years and not more than three years.

(3) When a person is convicted for the second or subsequent time under sub-section (1), the court shall order him to be detained for a period of ten years in a Certified Institution, and may convert any period of such detention (not exceeding two years) into a sentence of imprisonment extending to a like period.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1959
Section6
Marginal notePenalty for begging after detention as beggar.
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source

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