The proviso to Section 4 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984 requires the court to…
The proviso to section 4 requires the court to record "special reasons" for reducing the minimum one-year sentence, a stricter standard than the ordinary reasons required…
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The proviso to Section 4 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984 requires the court to record reasons of what nature before reducing the minimum sentence?
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The proviso to section 4 requires the court to record "special reasons" for reducing the minimum one-year sentence, a stricter standard than the ordinary reasons required under the parallel proviso to section 3(2).