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Government decriminalizes attempt to commit suicide, removes section 309[/h]Bharti Jain,TNN | Dec 10, 2014, 05.52 PM IST
NEW DELHI: The government has decided to decriminalize "attempt to suicide" by deleting Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code from the statute book.
Stating this in reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, minister of state for home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said the government had decided to drop Section 309 from the IPC after 18 states and 4 Union territories backed the recommendation of the Law Commission of India in this regard.
"Law Commission of India, in its 210th Report, had recommended that Section 309 (attempt to commit suicide) of IPC needs to be effaced from the statute book. As law and order is a state subject, views of States/UTs were requested on the recommendations of the Law Commission. 18 states and 4 Union Territory administrations have supported that Section 309 of the IPC may be deleted. Keeping in view the responses from the states/UTs, it has been decided to delete Section 309 of IPC from the statute book," the MoS stated in the reply.
Government decriminalizes attempt to commit suicide, removes section 309 - The Times of India
Government decriminalizes attempt to commit suicide, removes section 309[/h]Bharti Jain,TNN | Dec 10, 2014, 05.52 PM IST
NEW DELHI: The government has decided to decriminalize "attempt to suicide" by deleting Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code from the statute book.
Stating this in reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, minister of state for home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said the government had decided to drop Section 309 from the IPC after 18 states and 4 Union territories backed the recommendation of the Law Commission of India in this regard.
"Law Commission of India, in its 210th Report, had recommended that Section 309 (attempt to commit suicide) of IPC needs to be effaced from the statute book. As law and order is a state subject, views of States/UTs were requested on the recommendations of the Law Commission. 18 states and 4 Union Territory administrations have supported that Section 309 of the IPC may be deleted. Keeping in view the responses from the states/UTs, it has been decided to delete Section 309 of IPC from the statute book," the MoS stated in the reply.
Government decriminalizes attempt to commit suicide, removes section 309 - The Times of India
