COVID-19: Legal provisions related to lockdown in India

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1. Section 188 of Indian Penal Code

2. Section 505 of Indian Penal Code

3. Section 51 of the Disaster Management Act 2005

4. Section 52 of the Disaster Management Act 2005

5 .Section 54 of Disaster Management Act 2005

Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code

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Those violating any order passed under the Epidemic Diseases Act can be given imprisonment ranging from one month to six months under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code.

Section 505 of Indian Penal Code

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 Under this section, a person who publishes or circulates an object to create fear may be punished with imprisonment of up to three years or with imprisonment or both.

Section 51 of Disaster Management Act 2005

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According to this, whoever interferes with the work of an employee authorized by the Disaster Management Authority and does not obey the orders given by him, then he can be imprisoned from one year to two years according to this section.

Section 52 of Disaster Management Act 2005

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If someone makes a false claim before the government for relief, assistance, repair, reconstruction or other benefit, he can get imprisonment of up to two years and a fine.

Section 54 of Disaster Management Act 2005

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If a person propagates a fake warning about the disaster or its horrors, he can be imprisoned for up to one year..