Report No. 38

Section 52

(1) Punishment under section 52 has been proposed to be increased to life imprisonment or 10 years1, in view of the gravity of the offence.

(2) Theft, (though it is also mentioned in the new section proposed for stealing mail bags, etc.2) has been retained in section 52, to retain its comprehensive scope.

1. Compare section 56A (proposed) and section 57, English Act.

2. Section 56A (proposed).