BNS Section 219 — Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant
Section 219 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
219. Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant.—Whoever intentionally obstructs any sale of property offered for sale by the lawful authority of any public servant, as such, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both. ¶
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