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Section 170 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
170. Personating a public servant
Whoever pretends to hold any particular office as a public servant, knowing that he does not hold such office or falsely personates any other person holding such office, and in such assumed character does or attempts to do any act under colour of such office, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
Related Sections
- Section 300: Murder
- Section 285: Negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter
- Section 120: Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
- Section 225A: Omission to apprehend, or sufferance of escape, on part of public servant, in cases not otherwise, provided for
- Section 376C: Intercourse by superintendent of jail, remand home, etc
Related Acts
- Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015
- Central Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 2017
- Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act, 2017
- National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development Act, 2021
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Act, 2019
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