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Penal Code · s 298

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s 298Uttering words etc. with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings

Whoever, with deliberate intention of wounding the religious feelings of any person -

(a)

utters any word or makes any sound in the hearing of that person;

(b)

makes any gesture in the sight of that person; or

(c)

places any object in the sight of that person, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, fine or both.