Division III—Offences injurious to the public in general.
CHAPTER XIII—OFFENCES RELATING TO RELIGION.
118. Insult to religion.
Any person who destroys, damages or defiles any place of worship or any
object which is held sacred by any class of persons, with the intention of
thereby insulting the religion of any class of persons, or with the knowledge
that any class of persons is likely to consider such destruction, damage or
defilement as an insult to its religion, commits a misdemeanour.
119. Disturbing religious assemblies.
Any person who voluntarily causes disturbance to any assembly lawfully
engaged in the performance of religious worship or religious ceremony
commits a misdemeanour.
120. Trespassing on burial places.
Every person who with the intention of wounding the feelings of any person
or of insulting the religion of any person, or with the knowledge that the
feelings of any person are likely to be wounded, or that the religion of any
person is likely to be insulted thereby, commits any trespass in any place of
worship or in any place of sepulture or in any place set apart for the
performance of funeral rites or as a depository for the remains of the dead,
or offers any indignity to any human corpse, or causes disturbance to any
persons assembled for the purpose of funeral ceremonies, commits a
misdemeanour.
121. Hindering burial of dead body, etc.
Whoever unlawfully hinders the burial of the dead body of any person, or
without lawful authority in that behalf or otherwise than in accordance with
rules made by the Minister disinters, dissects or harms the dead body of any
person or, being under a duty to cause the dead body of any person to be
buried, fails to perform such duty, commits a misdemeanour.
122. Writing or uttering words with intent to wound religious feelings.
Any person who, with the deliberate intention of wounding the religious
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