section 6
Penalty for begging after detention as beggar.
The Goa Prevention of Begging Act, 1972General197237 sections4 chapters
Chapter II Chapter II
Statutory text
- (1) Whoever, having been pre-viously 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.
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