(2) Whoever, being a registered member of a criminal tribe, contravenes any other rule made under section 20 shall be punishable,—
- (a) on a first conviction, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both; and
- (b) on any subsequent conviction, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
(3) Any person who commits or is reasonably suspected of having committed an offence made punishable by this section which is not a cognizable offence as defined in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 V of 1898., may be arrested without a warrant by any officer in charge of a police station or by any police officer not below the rank of a sub-inspector.
Enhanced punishment for certain offences by members of criminal tribe after previous conviction. 23. (1) Whoever, being a member of any criminal tribe and having been convicted of any of the offences under the Indian Penal CodeXLV of 1860. specified in Schedule I, is convicted of the same or of any other such offence shall, in the absence of special reasons to the contrary which shall be stated in the judgment of the Court, be punished,—
- (a) on a second conviction, with imprisonment for term of not less than seven years, and
- (b) on a third or any subsequent conviction, with transportation for life:
Provided that not more than one, of any such convictions which may have occurred before the first day of March, 1911, shall be taken into account for the purposes of this sub-section.
(2) Nothing in this section shall affect the liability of such person to any further or other punishment to which he may be liable under the Indian Penal Code or any other law.
Punishment for registered members of criminal tribe found under suspicious circumstances. 24. Whoever, being a registered member of any criminal tribe, is found in any place under such circumstances as to satisfy the Court,—
- (a) that he was about to commit or aid in the commission of, theft or robbery, or
