 bill no 74 of  2016 the indian penal code (amendment) bill, 2016 byprof saugata roy, mp a billfurther to amend the indian penal code, 1860be  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—2 for section 124a of the indian penal code 45 of 1860, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—substitution of new section for section 124asedition5"124a whoever, by words, either spoken or written or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards the principles of democracy, secularism or national unity enshrined in the constitution of india or when such words or actions directly results in the use of violence or incitement of violence and results in the commission of a grevious offence shall be punished with imprisonment for life, to which fine may be added, or with imprisonment which may extend to three years, to which fine may be added, or with fine10explanation 1—the expression "disaffection" includes disloyalty and all feelings of enmity15explanation 2—comments expressing disapprobation of the measures of the government with a view to obtain their alteration by lawful means, without exciting or attempting to excite hatred, contempt or disaffection, do not constitute an offence under this sectionexplanation 3—comments expressing disapprobation of the administrative or other action of the government without exciting or attempting to excite hatred, contempt or disaffection, do not constitute an offence under this section statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe offence of sedition in the indian penal code, 1860 has been a subject of controversy for a long time many of our freedom fighters were charged under this including bal gangadhar tilak, annie besant and mahatama gandhi recently, a few students of jawaharlal nehru university, delhi were arrested reportedly on the charge of sedition, which has been opposed by many the need is to amend section 124a of the indian penal code, 1860 in the interest of democracy and freedom of expression as enshrined in article 19 of the constitution of indiahence this billnew delhi;saugata roymarch 2,  2016 annexure extract from the indian penal code, 1860 (45 of 1860)124a whoever, by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards, the government established by law in india, one shall be punished with imprisonment for life, to which fine may be added, or with imprisonment which may extend to three years, to which fine may be added, or with fineexplanation 1—the expression "disaffection" includes disloyalty and all feelings of enmityexplanation 2—comments expressing disapprobation of the measures of the government with a view to obtain their alteration by lawful means, without exciting or attempting to excite hatred, contempt or disaffection, do not constitute an offence under this sectionexplanation 3—comments expressing disapprobation of the administrative or other action of the government without exciting or attempting to excite hatred, contempt or disaffection, do not constitute an offence under this section———— a billfurther to amend the indian penal code, 1860————(prof saugata roy, mp)gmgipmrnd—5320ls(s3)—16042016