Indian Penal Code
IPC 156 is now BNS 193(3).
Liability of agent of owner or occupier for whose benefit riot is committed · BNS 193 brings it together with IPC 154 and 155.
Merged
Old wording kept in full
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. VIII
s. 156
Liability of agent of owner or occupier for whose benefit riot is committed
Whenever a riot is committed for the benefit or on behalf of any person who is the owner or occupier of any land respecting which such riot takes place, or who claims any interest in such land, or in the subject of any dispute which gave rise to the riot, or who has accepted or derived any benefit therefrom, the agent or manager of such person shall be punishable with fine, if such agent or manager, having reason to believe that such riot was likely to be committed, or that the unlawful assembly by which such riot was committed was likely to be held, shall not use all lawful means in his power to prevent such riot or assembly from taking place and for suppressing and dispersing the same.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. XI
s. 193(3)of section 193
Liability of owner, occupier, etc., of land on which an unlawful assembly or riot takes place.
(3) Whenever a riot is committed for the benefit or on behalf of any person who is the owner or occupier of any land respecting which such riot takes place, or who claims any interest in such land, or in the subject of any dispute which gave rise to the riot, or who has accepted or derived any benefit therefrom, the agent or manager of such person shall be punishable with fine, if such agent or manager, having reason to believe that such riot was likely to be committed, or that the unlawful assembly by which such riot was committed was likely to be held, shall not use all lawful means in his power to prevent such riot or assembly from taking place and for suppressing and dispersing the same.
Text from India Code