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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 232: Counterfeiting Indian coin
- Section 264: Fraudulent use of false instrument for weighing
- Section 372: Selling minor for purposes of prostitution, etc
- Section 95: Act causing slight harm
- Section 206: Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
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