143. Punishment: Whoever is a member of an unlawful assembly, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine,
or with both.
144. Joining unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapon : Whoever, being armed
with any deadly weapon, or with anything which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to
cause death, is a member of an unlawful assembly/shall be punished with imprisonment of
either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
145. Joining or continuing in unlawful assembly, knowing it has been commanded
to disperse: Whoever joins or continues in an unlawful assembly, knowing that such
unlawful assembly has been commanded in the manner prescribed by law to disperse,
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
two years, or with fine, or with both.
146. Rioting : Whenever force or violence is used by an unlawful assembly, or by any
member thereof, in prosecution of the common object of such assembly, every member of
such assembly is guilty of the offence of rioting.
147. Punishment for rioting: Whoever is guilty of rioting, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine,
or with both.
148. Rioting, armed with deadly weapon: Whoever is guilty of rioting, being armed with
a deadly weapon or with anything which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause
death, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
149. Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in
prosecution of common object: If an offence is committed by any member of an
unlawful assembly in prosecution of the common object of that assembly, or such as the
members of that assembly knew to be likely to be committed in prosecution of that object,
every person who, at the time of the committing of that offence, is a member of the same
assembly, is guilty of that offence.
150. Hiring, or conniving at hiring, of persons to join unlawful assembly: Whoever
hires or engages, or employs, or promotes, or connives at the hiring engagement or
employment of any person to join or become a member of any unlawful assembly, shall be
punishable as a member of such Unlawful assembly, and for any offence which may be
committed by any such person as a member of such unlawful assembly in pursuance of
such hiring, engagement or employment, in the same manner as if he had been a member
of such unlawful assembly, or himself had committed such offence.
151. Knowingly joining or continuing in assembly of five or more persons after it
has commanded to disperse: Whoever knowingly joins or continues in any assembly of