Penal Code
2008 Ed.
CAP. 224
30
Explanation —A person employed temporarily or on a particular occasion in
the capacity of a clerk or servant is a clerk or servant within the meaning of this
section.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 27]
“Counterfeit”
28. A person is said to “counterfeit” who causes one thing to
resemble another thing, intending by means of that resemblance to
practise deception, or knowing it to be likely that deception will
thereby be practised.
Explanation 1.—It is not essential to counterfeiting that the imitation should
be exact.
Explanation 2.—Where a person causes one thing to resemble another thing
and the resemblance is such that a person might be deceived thereby, it shall be
presumed until the contrary is proved that the person so causing the one thing to
resemble the other thing intended by means of that resemblance to practise
deception or knew it to be likely that deception would thereby be practised.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 28]
“Document”
29. The word “document” includes, in addition to a document in
writing —
(a) any map, plan, graph or drawing;
(b) any photograph;
(c) any label, marking or other writing which identifies or
describes anything of which it forms a part, or to which it is
attached by any means whatsoever;
(d) any disc, tape, sound-track or other device in which sounds
or other data (not being visual images) are embodied so as to
be capable (with or without the aid of some other equipment)
of being reproduced therefrom;
(e) any film (including microfilm), negative, tape, disc or other
device in which one or more visual images are embodied so
as to be capable (with or without the aid of some other
equipment) of being reproduced therefrom; and
Informal Consolidation – version in force from 1/4/2015