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Section 23 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
23. "Wrongful gain"
"Wrongful gain" is gain by unlawful means of property which the person gaining is not legally entitled.
"Wrongful loss"- "Wrongful loss" is the loss by unlawful means of property to which the person losing it is legally entitled.
Gaining wrongfully, losing wrongfully- A person is said to gain wrongfully when such person retains wrongfully, as well as when such person acquires wrongfully. A person is said to lose wrongfully when such person is wrongfully kept out of any property as well as when such person is wrongfully deprived of property.
Related Sections
- Section 376A: Intercourse by a man with his wife during separation
- Section 4: Extension of Code to extra-territorial offences
- Section 473: Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable otherwise
- Section 341: Punishment for wrongful restraint
- Section 262: Using Government stamp known to have been before used
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