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Section 466 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
466. Forgery of record of court or of public register, etc
Whoever forges a document, purporting to be a record or proceeding of or in a Court of Justice, or a register of birth, baptism, marriage or burial, or a register kept by a public servant as such, or a certificate or document purporting to be made by a public servant in his official capacity, or an authority to institute or defend a suit, or to take any proceedings therein, or to confess judgment, or a power of attorney, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Related Sections
- Section 146: Rioting
- Section 145: Joining or continuing in unlawful assembly, knowing it has been commanded to disperse
- Section 144: Joining unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapon
- Section 263A: Prohibition of fictitious stamps
- Section 473: Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable otherwise
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