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Section 338 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
338. Forgery of Valuable security, will, etc.
Whoever forges a document which purports to be a valuable security or a will, or an authority to adopt a son, or which purports to give authority to any person to make or transfer any valuable security, or to receive the principal, interest or dividends thereon, or to receive or deliver any money, movable property, or valuable security, or any document purporting to be an acquittance or receipt acknowledging the payment of money, or an acquittance or receipt for the delivery of any movable property or valuable security, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Related Sections
- Section 201: Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury
- Section 163: Abetment of desertion of soldier, sailor or airman
- Section 58: Concealing design to commit offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life
- Section 296: Obscene acts and songs
- Section 99: Buying child for purposes of prostitution, etc
Related Acts
- Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019
- Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022
- The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013
- Post Office Act, 2023
- Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016
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