Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
See now the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974). (i) on first conviction with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees or with both, and (ii) on a second or subsequent conviction, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees or with both: Provided that if the court after taking into consideration the offenders age and physical and mental condition and his suitability for receiving training of a corrective character in corrective settlement is satisfied that it is expedient with a view to his reformation and prevention of crime that he should receive training of a corrective character for a substantial term, the court may, in lieu of sentencing the offender to any punishment under this section, direct, after giving him an opportunity of showing cause, that he shall receive corrective training in a corrective settlement for such term not exceeding three years as it may determine.