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Section 3A: Enhanced penalty on second and subsequent convictions
1 [3A. Enhanced penalty on second and subsequent convictions.—Whoever, having already been convicted of an offence under section 2 or section 3, is again convicted of any such offence shall be punishable for the second and for every subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one year.]
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