[There are no sections 13 to 16.]
[There is no section 18.]
[There are no sections 55 and 56.]
[There are no sections 58 to 70.]
General
Right of private defence of body
Right of private defence of property
No right of private defence
[There are no sections 244 and 245.]
Offences affecting life
[There is no section 303.]
Causing miscarriage; injuries to unborn children; exposure of infants; and concealment of births
Hurt
Wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement
Criminal force and assault
Kidnapping, abduction, slavery and forced labour
Sexual offences
Theft
Extortion
Robbery and gang-robbery
[There is no section 398.]
Criminal misappropriation of property
Criminal breach of trust
Receiving stolen property
Cheating
Fraudulent deeds and dispositions of property
Mischief
Criminal trespass
[There are no sections 478 to 489.]
Currency and bank notes
[There is no Chapter 19.]
[There is no section 497.]
Forgery |
463. Whoever makes any false document or electronic record or part of a document or an electronic record with intent to cause damage or injury to the public or to any person, or to support any claim or title, or to cause any person to part with property, or to enter into any express or implied contract, or with intent to commit fraud or that fraud may be committed, commits forgery. |
Making a false document or false electronic record |
Punishment for forgery |
465. Whoever commits forgery shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 4 years, or with fine, or with both. |
Forgery of a valuable security or will |
467. Whoever forges a document which purports to be a valuable security or a will, or an authority to adopt a child, or which purports to give authority to any person to make or transfer any valuable security, or to receive the principal, interest, or dividends thereon, or to receive or deliver any money, movable property, or valuable security, or any document purporting to be an acquittance or a receipt, acknowledging the payment of money, or an acquittance or a receipt for the delivery of any movable property or valuable security, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 15 years, and shall also be liable to fine. |
Forgery for the purpose of cheating |
468. Whoever commits forgery, intending that the document or electronic record forged shall be used for the purpose of cheating, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to fine. |
Forgery for the purpose of harming the reputation of any person |
469. Whoever commits forgery, intending that the document or electronic record forged shall harm the reputation of any person, or knowing that it is likely to be used for that purpose, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 5 years, and shall also be liable to fine. |