Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
XVII. And it is hereby enacted, that whenever any person shall be convicted of an infraction of the laws for protection of the Abkaree Revenue after having been previously convicted of a like offence, he shall be liable, in addition to the penalty attached to such offence, to imprisonment in the Dewanny Jail for a period of six months, and a like punishment of six months' imprisonment shall be incurred, in addition to the punishment which may be inflicted for a first offence, upon every subsequent conviction after the second, and the warrant of the Officer adjudicating any case under the provisions of this Section shall be authority for the Judge or other Officer in charge of the Dewanny Jail to hold the person described therein in confinement in such Jail, and for such time as may be specified and required in the said warrant.
Source: India Code