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Whoever commits a scheduled offence against the person of a public servant or against the person of a member of his family shall, -- (a) if such offence is punishable with death or imprisonment for life under the Indian Penal Code be punished with the punishment provided for the offence in the said Code; and (b) in other cases be punished with imprisonment which may extend to ten years and with fine. Explanation-- For the purposes of this section and section 13, a member of family of a public servant shall mean his parents, spouses, sons and daughters, grandsons and grand-daughters and great grand sons and great- grand daughters and their spouses and shall include a person dependent on and residing with such public servant. Reasons to be recorded for not awarding punishment of death