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INDIAN PENAL CODE WITH TWO MODIFICATIONS WAS ADOPTED AND

PROMULGATED FOR ENFORCEMENT BY THE COURTS THROUGHOUT SIKKIM VIDE

NOTIFICATION NO. 160/O.S. DATED 10 JULY, 1953.
TH

OFFICE OF THE DEWAN. SIKKIM STATE

Notification No. 160/O.S.

Whereas it is desirable to adopt a substantive Criminal law, and the Indian Penal
Code has hitherto been used to guide the Courts, the Indian Penal Code as. it exists

on this date is now adopted and promulgated and will be enforced by the Courts
throughout Sikkim with the modifications stated below:-

(i) Section 303 - deleted.
(ii) Chapter 20 - deleted.

Gangtok,
The l0th July, 53. TASHI NAMGYAL
Maharaja of Sikkim

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