Indian Penal Code,1860

Act No : 45

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Section : Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment.if offence be committed-if offence be not committed.

120. Concealing design to commit offence punishable withimprisonment.--Whoever, intending to facilitate or knowing it to belikely that he will thereby facilitate the commission of an offencepunishable with imprisonment, voluntarily conceals, by any act or illegal omission, theexistence of a design to commit such offence, or makes anyrepresentation which he knows to be false respecting such design,----------------------------------------------------------------------1. Subs. by Act 26 of 1955, s. 117 and Sch., for "transportation for life".----------------------------------------------------------------------126 if offence be committed-if offence be not committed--shall, ifthe offence be committed, be punished with imprisonment of thedescription provided for the offence, for a term which may extend toone-fourth, and, if the offence be not committed, to one-eight, of thelongest term of such imprisonment, or with such fine as is providedfor the offence, or with both.

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