 bill no 105 of  2017 the indian penal code (amendment) bill, 2017 by shri maheish girri, mp a billfurther to amend the indian penal code, 1860be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of  india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the indian penal code (amendment) act, 2017short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint545 of 18602 for section 272 of the indian penal code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as the code),the following section shall be substituted, namely:—substitution of new section for section 272adulteration of food or drink intended for sale"272 whoever adulterates any article of food or drink, so as to make such article unsafe for consumption, intending to sell such article as food or drink, or knowing it to be likely that the same will be sold as food or drink, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to life, or with fine which may extend to ten lakh rupees, or with both"53 in the code, for section 273, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—substitution of new section for section 27310sale of adulterated, misbranded or substituted food or drink"273 whoever stores, sells, offer for sale, possesses for sale, causes to be sold or manufactures for sale, as food or drink, any article which has been adulterated, misbranded or substituted so as to render it unsafe or injurious to health, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to life, or with fine which may extend to ten lakh rupees, or with both" statement of objects and reasonsfood safety and standards act, 2006 established food safety and standards authority of india for laying down science based standards for articles of food and to regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import to ensure availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption food safety and standards act, 2006 also provides for provision for punishment to offenders involved in manufacturing, possession, procurement, selling and distribution of adulterated food despite these provisions, our country has been constantly witnessing the problem of adulteration of food adulterated food causes severe danger to health of the consumer for example "executive summary on national survey on milk adulteration, 2011" released by food safety and standards authority of india (fssai) itself, reveals that on national level, 684 per cent of milk being sold is adulterated there have been several other incidents of adulterated food causing trouble to human lives in 2014, the supreme court observed that central government should take steps to make adulteration laws more stringent to prevent incidents of milk adulterationsections 272 and 273 of the indian penal code, 1860 prescribe punishment for adulteration of food or drink intended for sale and sale of noxious food or drink, respectively however, the punishment is not stringent enough to discourage people from getting involved in such nefarious practicesthe bill, therefore, seeks to amend the indian penal code, 1860 with a view to provide for more strict punishment against the practice of food adulterationhence this billnew delhi;maheish girrinovember 21, 2016 annexure extract from the indian penal code, 1860 (45 of 1860)     272 whoever adulterated any article of food or drink, so as to make such article noxious as food or drink, intending to sell such article as food or drink, or knowing it to be likely that the same will be sold as food or drink, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both273 whoever sells or offers or exposes for sale, as food or drink, any article which has been rendered or has become noxious, or is in a state unfit for food or drink, knowing or having reason to believe that the same is noxious as food or drink, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both      lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the indian penal code, 1860————(shri maheish girri, mp)gmgipmrnd—4133ls(s3)—10-07-2017