IPC 153B — Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

[153B.  Imputations,  assertions    prejudicial   to   national integration.--(1) Whoever, by words  either  spoken  or  written or by signs or by visible representations or otherwise,-
(a) makes or  publishes  any  imputation  that  any class of persons  cannot,  by   reason  of  their  being  members  of  any religious, racial, language   or   regional  group  or  caste  or community, bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution  of
India as  by  law  established  or  uphold  the  sovereignty  and integrity of India, or (b) asserts, counsels, advises, propagates or publishes that any class of   persons   by  reason of their being members of any religious, racial, language   or   regional  group   or  caste or community be denied, or  deprived of their rights as  citizens of
India, or

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