Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
(i) any person convicted of an offence whose previous conviction or convictions under Chapters XII, XVI, XVII or XVIII of the Indian Penal Code taken by themselves or with the facts of the present case show that he habitually commits an offence or offences punishable under any or all of those Chapters. (ii) any person committed to or detained in prison under section 123 (read with section 109 or section 110) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898. (iii) any person convicted of any of the offences specified in (i) above when it appears from the facts of the case, even though no previous conviction has been proved, that he is by habit a cheat or a member of a gang of dacoits or of thieves or a dealer in slaves or in stolen property. EXPLANATION.—For the purpose of this definition the word "conviction" shall include an order made under Section 118, and with section 110 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1898.