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Penal Code, 1860 (Act No. XLV of 1860).
Grievous hurt caused
whilst committing
lurking house
trespass or house
breaking
459. Whoever, whilst committing lurking housetrespass or housebreaking, causes
grievous hurt to any person or attempts to cause death of grievous hurt to any
person, shall be punished with 151[ imprisonment] for life, or imprisonment of
either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be
liable to fine.
All persons jointly
concerned in lurking
housetrespass or
house breaking by
night punishable
where death or
grievous hurt caused
by one of them
460. If, at the time of the committing of lurking housetrespass by night or
house breaking by night, any person guilty of such offence shall voluntarily cause
or attempt to cause death or grievous hurt to any person, every person jointly
concerned in committing such lurking housetrespass by night or house breaking
by night, shall be punished with [imprisonment] for life, or with imprisonment of
either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be
liable to fine.
461. Whoever dishonestly or with intent to commit mischief breaks open or
unfastens any closed receptacle which contains or which he believes to contain
property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term
which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
462. Whoever, being entrusted with any closed receptacle which contains or which
he believes to contain property, without having authority to open the same,
dishonestly, or with intent to commit mischief, breaks open or unfastens that
receptacle, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term
which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
Dishonestly breaking
open receptacle
containing property
Punishment for same
offence when
committed by person
entrusted with
custody
Of the loss of property of Banking Company
Penalty for negligent
conduct of bank
officers and
employees
462A. Whoever, being an officer or employee of a banking company, by his
negligent conduct in dealing with a banking transaction allows any customer of
the company or any other person to cause loss of property to the company shall
be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend
to two years or with fine or with both.
Explanation.An officer or employee of a banking company shall be guilty or
negligent conduct if in discharging his duties he fails, either wilfully or negligently,
to follow any direction of law prescribing the mode in which such duties are to be
discharged.
Penalty for
defrauding banking
company
462B. Whoever fraudulently receives any benefit from a banking company in the
course of any banking transaction shall be punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to two years or with fine or with both.
Explanation.In section 462A and in this section “banking company” means
(a) banking company as defined in section 5(c) of the Banking Company
Ordinance, 1962 (LVII of 1962);
(a) a bank constituted under the Bangladesh Banks (Nationalization) Order, 1972
(P.O. No. 26 of 1972);
(b) a financial institution as defined in section 50(c) of the Bangladesh Bank
Order, 1972 (P.O. No. 127 of 1972);
(c) Bangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangstha established under the Bangladesh Shilpa Rin
Sangstha Order, 1972 (P. O. No. 128 of 1972);
(d) Bangladesh Shilpa Bank established under the Bangladesh Shilpa Bank Order,
1972 (P.O. No. 129 of 1972);
(e) Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation established under the
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