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Section 205 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
205. False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution
Whoever falsely personates another, and in such assumed character makes any admission or statement, or confesses judgment, or causes any process to be issued or becomes bail or security, or does any other act in any suit or criminal prosecution, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
Related Sections
- Section 117: Abetting commission of offence by the public or by more than ten persons
- Section 282: Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel-
- Section 368: Wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person
- Section 451: House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
- Section 429: Mischief by killing or maiming cattle, etc., of any value or any animal of the value of fifty rupees
Related Acts
- Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015
- New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Act, 2019
- Anusandhan National Research Foundation Act, 2023
- Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021
- Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Act, 2021
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