Illustrations
(a) A commits house-trespass by making a hole through the wall of Z's house, and putting
his hand through the aperture. This is house breaking.
(b) A commits house-trespass by creeping into a ship at a port hole between decks. This
is house breaking.
(c) A commits house-trespass by entering Z's house through a window. This is housebreaking.
(d) A commits house-trespass by entering Z's house through the door, having opened a
door, which was fastened. This is house-breaking.
(e) A commits house-trespass by entering Z's house through the door having lifted a latch
by putting a wire through a hole in the door. This is house-breaking:
(f) A finds the key of Z's house door, which Z had lost, and commits house-trespass by
entering Z's house, having opened the door with that key. This is house breaking.
(g) Z is standing in his doorway. A forces a passage by knowing Z down, and commits
house-trespass by entering the house. This is house breaking.
(h) Z, the door-keeper of Y is standing in Y's doorway. A commits house-trespass by
entering the house, having deterred Z from opposing him by threatening to beat him. This
is house-breaking.
446. House-breaking by night: Whoever commits house-breaking after sunset and
before sunrise, is said to commit "house-breaking by night."
447. Punishment for criminal trespass: Whoever commits criminal trespass shall be
punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three
months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
448. Punishment for house-trespass : Whoever commits house-trespass shall be
punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year,
or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
449. House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with death : Whoever
commits house-trespass in order to the committing of any offence punishable with death,
shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with rigorous imprisonment for a term not
exceeding ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
450. House-trespass In order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment for
life: Whoever commits house-trespass in order to the committing of any offence