Of Offencesagainst Property
IPC Section 446 - House-breaking by night
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 446 deals with house-breaking by night.
Full official legal text
446. House-breaking by night. Whoever commits house-breaking after sunset and before sunrise,
is said to commit "house-breaking by night".
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