In force · As amended up to 2026-08
75. Power to remove difficulties.— (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Central Government may, by order, published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act as may appear to be necessary for removing the difficulty:
Provided that no order shall be made under this section after the expiry of two years from the commencement of this Act.
(2) Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament.
THE SCHEDULE [ See section 2(y)] 1[PART A PARAGRAPH 1 OFFENCES UNDER THE INDIAN PENAL CODE
(45 OF 1860)
|Section|Description of offence|
|---|---|
|120B|Criminal conspiracy.|
|121|Waging or attempting to wage war or abetting waging of war, against the Government of|
||India.|
|121A|Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 121 against the State.|
|255|Counterfeiting Government stamp.|
|257|Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Government stamp.|
|258|Sale of counterfeit Government stamp.|
|259|Having possession of counterfeit Government stamp.|
|260|Using as genuine a Government stamp known to be counterfeit.|
|302|Murder.|
|304|Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.|
|307|Attempt to murder.|
|308|Attempt to commit culpable homicide.|
|327|Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act.|
|329|Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act.|
|364A|Kidnapping for ransom, etc.|
|384 to 389|Offences relating to extortion.|
|392 to 402|Offences relating to robbery and dacoity.|
|411|Dishonestly receiving stolen property.|
|412|Dishonestly receiving property stolen in the commission of a dacoity.|
|413|Habitually dealing in stolen property.|
|414|Assisting in concealment of stolen property.|
|417|Punishment for cheating.|
|418|Cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue to person whose interest offender|
||is bound to protect.|
|419|Punishment for cheating by personation.|
|420|Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property.|
|421|Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among|
||creditors.|
1. Subs. by Act 2 of 2013, s.30, for Part A (w.e.f. 15-2-2013).
|Section|Section||Description of offence|Description of offence|Description of offence|Description of offence|Description of offence|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|422|||Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing debt being available|||||for creditors.||
|423|||Dishonest or fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing false statement of|||||||
||||consideration.|||||||
|424|||Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of||||property.|||
|467|||Forgery of valuable security, will, etc.|||||||
|471|||Using as genuine a forged document or electronic record.|||||||
|472|and|473|Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with|||intent to commit forgery.||||
|475|and|476|Counterfeiting device or mark.|||||||
|481|||Using a false property mark.|||||||
|482|||Punishment for using a false property mark.|||||||
|483|||Counterfeiting a property mark used by another.|||||||
|484|||Counterfeiting a mark used by a public servant.|||||||
|485|||Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property||||||mark.|
|486|||Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark.|||||||
|487|||Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods.|||||||
|488|||Punishment for making use of any such false mark.|||||||
|489A|||Counterfeiting currency notes or bank notes.|||||||
|489B|||Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency notes or bank notes.|||||||
||||PARAGRAPH|2||||||
|||OFFENCES UNDER THENARCOTICDRUGS ANDPSYCHOTROPICSUBSTANCESACT, 1985||||||||
||||(61OF1985)|||||||
|Section|||Description of offence|||||||
|15||Contravention in relation to poppy straw.||||||||
|16||Contravention in relation to coca plant and coca leaves.||||||||
|17||Contravention in relation to prepared opium.||||||||
|18||Contravention in relation to opium poppy and opium.||||||||
|19||Embezzlement of opium by cultivator.||||||||
|20||Contravention in relation to cannabis plant and cannabis.||||||||
|21||Contravention in relation to manufactured drugs and|||preparations.|||||
|22||Contravention in relation to psychotropic substances.||||||||
|23||Illegal import into India, export from India or transhipment of narcotic drugs and psychotropic||||||||
|||substances.||||||||
|Section|Description of offence|
|---|---|
|24|External dealings in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in contravention of section 12|
||of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.|
|25A|Contravention of orders made under section 9A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic|
||Substances Act, 1985.|
|27A|Financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders.|
|29|Abetment and criminal conspiracy.|
||PARAGRAPH 3|
||OFFENCES UNDER THEEXPLOSIVESUBSTANCESACT,1908|
||(6OF1908)|
|Section|Description of offence|
|3|Causing explosion likely to endanger life or property.|
|4|Attempt to cause explosion, or for making or keeping explosives with intent to endanger life or|
||property.|
|5|Making or possessing explosives under suspicious circumstances.|
PARAGRAPH 4
OFFENCES UNDER THE UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES (PREVENTION) ACT, 1967
(37 OF 1967)
|Section|Description of offence|
|---|---|
|10 read with section 3|Penalty for being member of an unlawful association, etc.|
|11 read with section 3|Penalty for dealing with funds of an unlawful association.|
|13 read with section 3|Punishment for unlawful activities.|
|16 read with section 15|Punishment for terrorist act.|
|16A|Punishment for making demands of radioactive substances, nuclear devices,|
||etc.|
|17|Punishment for raising funds for terrorist act.|
|18|Punishment for conspiracy, etc.|
|18A|Punishment for organising of terrorist camps.|
|18B|Punishment for recruiting of any person or persons for terrorist act.|
|19|Punishment for harbouring, etc.|
|20|Punishment for being member of terrorist gang or organisation.|
|21|Punishment for holding proceeds of terrorism.|
|38|Offence relating to membership of a terrorist organisation.|
|39|Offence relating to support given to a terrorist organisation.|
|40|Offence of raising fund for a terrorist organisation.|
PARAGRAPH 5
OFFENCES UNDER THE ARMS ACT, 1959 (54 OF 1959)
|(54OF1959)|(54OF1959)|
|---|---|
|Section<br>Description of offence<br>25<br>To manufacture, sell, transfer, convert, repair or test or prove or expose or offer for sale or||
||transfer or have in his possession for sale, transfer, conversion, repair, test or proof, any arms|
|26|or ammunition in contravention of section 5 of the Arms Act, 1959.<br>To acquire, have in possession or carry any prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition in<br>contravention of section 7 of the Arms Act, 1959.<br>Contravention of section 24A of the Arms Act, 1959 relating to prohibition as to possession of<br>notified arms in disturbed areas, etc.<br>Contravention of section 24B of the Arms Act, 1959 relating to prohibition as to carrying of<br>notified arms in or through public places in disturbed areas.<br>Other offences specified in section 25.<br>To do any act in contravention of any provisions of section 3, 4, 10 or section 12 of|
||the Arms Act, 1959 in such manner as specified in sub-section (1) of section 26 of the said|
|27|Act.<br>To do any act in contravention of any provisions of section 5, 6, 7 or section 11 of<br>the Arms Act, 1959 in such manner as specified in sub-section (2) of section 26 of the said<br>Act.<br>Other offences specified in section 26.<br>Use of arms or ammunitions in contravention of section 5 or use of any arms or ammunition in|
||contravention of section 7 of the Arms Act, 1959.|
|28|Use and possession of fire arms or imitation fire arms in certain cases.|
|29|Knowingly purchasing arms from unlicensed person or for delivering arms, etc., to person not|
||entitled to possess the same.|
|30|Contravention of any condition of a licence or any provisions of the Arms Act, 1959 or any|
||rule made thereunder.|
PARAGRAPH 6
OFFENCES UNDER THE WILD LIFE (PROTECTION) ACT, 1972
|OFF|ENCES UNDER THEWILDLIFE(PROTECTION) ACT, 1972|
|---|---|
||(53OF1972)|
|Section|Description of offence|
|51 read with section 9|Hunting of wild animals.|
|51 read with section 17A|Contravention of provisions of section 17A relating to prohibition of|
||picking, uprooting, etc., of specified plants.|
|51 read with section 39|Contravention of provisions of section 39 relating to wild animals, etc., to|
||be Government property.|
|51 read with section 44|Contravention of provisions of section 44 relating to dealings in trophy|
||and animal articles without licence prohibited.|
|51 read with section 48|Contravention of provisions of section 48 relating to purchase of animal,|
||etc., by licensee.|
|51 read with section 49B|Contravention of provisions of section 49B relating to prohibition of|
||dealings in trophies, animals articles, etc., derived from scheduled animals.|
PARAGRAPH 7
OFFENCES UNDER THE IMMORAL TRAFFIC (PREVENTION) ACT, 1956
(104 OF 1956)
Section Description of offence
- 5 Procuring, inducing or taking person for the sake of prostitution.
- 6 Detaining a person in premises where prostitution is carried on.
- 8 Seducing or soliciting for purpose of prostitution.
- 9 Seduction of a person in custody.
1[PARAGRAPH 8
OFFENCES UNDER THE PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT, 1988
(49 OF 1988)
- Section Description of offence 7. Offence relating to public servant being bribed.
- 7A. Taking undue advantage to influence public servant by corrupt or illegal means or by exercise of personal influence.
8. Offence relating to bribing a public servant.
9. Offence relating to bribing a public servant by a commercial organisation.
10. Person in charge of commercial organisation to be guilty of offence.
Source: India Code