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Penal Code, 1860 (Act No. XLV of 1860).
punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Having possession of
document described
in section 466 or 467,
knowing it to be
forged and intending
to use it as genuine
474. Whoever has in his possession any document, knowing the same to be
forged, and intending that the same shall fraudulently or dishonestly be used as
genuine, shall, if the document is one of the description mentioned in section 466
of this Code, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term
which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine; and if the
document is one of the description mentioned in section 467, shall be punished
with 154[ imprisonment] for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a
term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Counterfeiting device
475. Whoever counterfeits upon, or in the substance of, any material, any device
or mark used for the purpose of authenticating any document described in section
467 of this Code, intending that such device or mark shall be used for the
purpose of giving the appearance of authenticity to any document then forged or
thereafter to be forged on such material or who, with such intent, has in his
possession any material upon or in the substance of which any such device or
mark has been counterfeited, shall be punished with [imprisonment] for life, or
with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven
years, and shall also be liable to fine.
or mark used for
authenticating
documents other than
those described in
section 467, or
possessing
counterfeit marked
material
476. Whoever counterfeits upon, or in the substance of, any material, any device
or mark used for the purpose of authenticating any document other than the
document described in section 467 of this Code, intending that such device or
mark shall be used for the purpose of giving the appearance of authenticity to
any document then forged or thereafter to be forged on such material, or who,
with such intent, has in his possession any material upon or in the substance of
which any such device or mark has been counterfeited, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years,
and shall also be liable to fine.
or mark used for
authenticating
documents described
in section 467, or
possessing
counterfeit marked
material
Counterfeiting device
Fraudulent
cancellation,
destruction, etc, of
will, authority to
adopt, or valuable
security
477. Whoever fraudulently or dishonestly, or with intent to cause damage or
injury to the public or to any person, cancels, destroys or defaces, or attempts to
cancel, destroy or deface, or secrets or attempts to secret any document which is
or purports to be a will, or an authority to adopt a son, or any valuable security,
or commits mischief in respect to such document, shall be punished with 155[
imprisonment] for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which
may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Falsification of
156[ 477A.
accounts
Whoever, being a clerk, officer or servant, or employed or acting in
the capacity of a clerk, officer or servant, wilfully, and with intent to defraud,
destroys, alters, mutilates or falsifies any book, paper, writing, valuable security
or account which belongs to or is in the possession of his employer, or has been
received by him for or on behalf of his employer, or wilfully, and with intent to
defraud, makes or abets the making of any false entry in, or omits or alters or
abets the omission or alteration of any material particular from or in, any such
book, paper, writing, valuable security or account, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years,
or with fine, or with both.
Explanation.It shall be sufficient in any charge under this section to allege a
general intent to defraud without naming any particular person intended to be
defrauded or specifying any particular sum of money intended to be the subject
of the fraud, or any particular day on which the offence was committed.]
Of Trade, Property and Other Marks
Trade mark
478. A mark used for denoting that goods are the manufacture or merchandise of
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