{
    "act_title": "THE ANDHRA PRADESH PREVENTION OF BEGGING ACT, 1977",
    "act_slug": "the-andhra-pradesh-prevention-of-begging-act-1977",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "section": {
        "number": "28",
        "title": "Section 28. Penalty for employing or causing persons to beg or using them for purposes of begging",
        "chapter": null,
        "content": "28. Penalty for employing or causing persons to beg or using them for purposes of begging- Whoever employs or causes any person to solicit or receive alms, or whoever having the custody, charge or care of a child connives at or encourages or causes the employment of a child to solicit or receive alms or whoever uses another person or a corpse as an exhibit for the purpose of begging, shall on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than two years but shall not be more than seven years and in case he is a beggar, thereafter with detention in a certified institution for a period of not less than one year and not more than three years or with imprisonment for a further term which may extend to one year in lieu of such detention.",
        "footnote": "",
        "is_definition": false,
        "sort_order": 1380
    },
    "prev_section": "27",
    "next_section": "29"
}