(1) No person shall cause
bodily pain to another person by administering acid or similar kind
of other chemical, biological or toxin substance to, or throwing such
substance on, that other person, or by burning, maiming, strolling the
body with or applying to the body such substance or disfigure the
face or any part of the body of that other person.
(2) A person who commits the offence referred to in subsection
(1) shall be liable, according to the nature of the offence, to a
sentence of imprisonment for a term of five to eight years and a fine
of one hundred thousand to five hundred thousand rupees in the case
of disfigurement of the face, and to a sentence of imprisonment for a
term of three to five years and a fine of fifty thousand to three
hundred thousand rupees in the case of disfigurement of any other
organ of the body or bodily pain.
(3) The amount of fine collected in accordance with subsection
(2) shall be paid in whole to the victim as compensation.