Section 75Enhanced punishment for certain offences under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII after previous conviction

s. 75

75. Enhanced punishment for certain offences under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII after previous conviction Whoever, having been convicted, (a) by a Court in Bangladesh of an offence punishable under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII of this Code with imprisonment of either description for a term of three years or upwards; [* * *] (b) [Omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).] shall be guilty of any offence punishable under either of those Chapters with like imprisonment for the like term, shall be subject for every such subsequent offence to [imprisonment] for life, or to imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years.

1. 27. The word “imprisonment” was substituted, for the word “transportation” by section 7 of the Penal Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 1985 (Ordinance No. XLI of 1985)
2. 26. The word “or” at the end of clause (a) was omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)