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Section 462 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
462. Punishment for same offence when committed by person entrusted with custody
Whoever, being entrusted with any closed receptacle which contains or which he believes to contain property, without having authority to open the same, dishonestly, or with intent to commit mischief, breaks open or unfastens that receptacle, 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 372: Selling minor for purposes of prostitution, etc
- Section 489E: Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes
- Section 28: Counterfeit
- Section 70: Fine leviable within six years or during imprisonment-Death not to discharge property from liability
- Section 258: Sale of counterfeit Government stamp
Related Acts
- National Capital Territory of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of Residents in Unauthorised Colonies) Act, 2019
- Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015
- National Forensic Sciences University Act, 2020
- Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2019
- Commercial Courts Act, 2015
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