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Convention Against Torture And Other Cruel, Inhuman Or Degrading Treatment Or Punishment Act (No. 22 of 1994) - Sect 2

Torture to be an offence

2.
(1) Any person who tortures any other person shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
(2) Any person who"
(a) attempts to commit;
(b) aids and abets in committing ;
(c) conspires to commit,
(3) The subjection of any person on the order of a competent court to any form of punishment recognized by written law shall be deemed not to constitute an offence under subsection (1).
(4) A person guilty of an offence under this Act shall on conviction alter trial by the High Court be punishable with imprisonment of either description for a term not less than seven years and not exceeding ten years and a fine not less than ten thousand rupees and not exceeding fifty thousand rupees.
(5) An offence under this Act shall be a cognizable offence and a non-bailable offence, within the meaning, and for the purposes, of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979.

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