Section 338 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)
Forgery of valuable security, will, etc.— Whoever forges a document which purports to be a valuable security or a will, or an authority to adopt a son, or which purports to give authority to any…
Forgery of valuable security, will, etc.— Whoever forges a document which purports to be a valuable security or a will, or an authority to adopt a son, or which purports to give authority to any…
Having possession of document described in section 337 or section 338, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine.— Whoever has in his possession any document or electronic record, knowing the…
Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine.— (1) A false document or electronic record made wholly or in part by forgery is designated a forged document or electronic record. (2) Whoever fraudulently…
Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 338.— (1) Whoever makes or counterfeits any seal, plate or other instrument for making an impression, intending that the same shall…
Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 338, or possessing counterfeit marked material.— (1) Whoever counterfeits upon, or in the substance of, any material, any device or mark used for the…
Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security.— Whoever fraudulently or dishonestly, or with intent to cause damage or injury to the public or to any person, cancels, destroys or defaces,…
Falsification of 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…
Property mark.— (1) A mark used for denoting that movable property belongs to a particular person is called a property mark. (2) Whoever marks any movable property or goods or any case, package or other…
Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury.— Whoever removes, destroys, defaces or adds to any property mark, intending or knowing it to be likely that he may thereby cause injury to any person,…