Section 174: Penalty where seal relates to criminal proceedings
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174. Penalty where seal relates to criminal proceedings
Where such breaking of seals relates to papers or effects appertaining to
a criminal proceeding, or to an individual charged with, or accused of, a
crime punishable by penal servitude, or who has been sentenced to such
punishment, the person in charge shall, for his negligence, be punished by
imprisonment.
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- Is the penalty higher if the broken seal covered papers from a criminal case?