Criminal Laws (Meghalaya Amendment) Act, 2013

1. (1) This Act may be called Criminal Laws (Meghalaya Amendment) Act, 2013.
2. (2) It shall come into force from the date of publication in the Official Gazette of Meghalaya. 2. Amendment of Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code (Act 45 of 1860) For the existing section 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the following section 506 shall, in its application to the State of Meghalaya, be substituted, namely, - "506. Punishment for criminal intimidation.- Whoever commits, the offence of criminal intimidation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both; If threat be to cause death or grievous hurt, etc.- And if the threat be to cause death or grievous hurt, or to cause the destruction of any property by fire, or to cause an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, or to impute unchastity to a woman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term of three years and which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both".

In the First Schedule to the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, in Chapter XXII, for Section 506, the following Schedule shall be substituted, namely, -

In Section 10 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932, the figure "506" shall be omitted.