Penal Code
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Destruction of document to prevent its production as evidence
204. Whoever secretes or destroys any document which he may
be lawfully compelled to produce as evidence before a Court, or
in any proceeding lawfully held before a public servant as such,
or obliterates or renders illegible the whole or any part of such
document with the intention of preventing the same from being
produced or used as evidence before such Court or public servant
as aforesaid, or after he shall have been lawfully summoned or
required to produce the same for that purpose, shall be punished
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or
with fine or with both.
False personation for the purpose of any act or proceeding in
a suit
205. Whoever falsely personates another, and in such assumed
character makes any admission or statement, or confesses judgment,
or causes any process to be issued, or becomes bail or security,
or does any other act in any suit or criminal prosecution, shall
be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to
three years or with fine or with both.
Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its
seizure as a forfeiture or in execution of a decree
206. Whoever fraudulently removes, conceals, transfers, or delivers
to any person any property or any interest therein, intending
thereby to prevent that property or interest therein from being
taken as a forfeiture or in satisfaction of a fine, under a sentence
which has been pronounced, or which he knows to be likely to
be pronounced by a Court or other competent authority, or from
being taken in execution of a decree or order which has been
made, or which he knows to be likely to be made by a Court
in a civil suit, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term
which may extend to two years or with fine or with both.
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