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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 477A

FALSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS Whoever, being a clerk, officer or servant, or employed or acting in the capacity of a clerk,

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The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 477A is part of The Indian Penal Code 1860 - FALSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS Whoever, being a clerk, officer or servant, or employed or acting in the capacity of a clerk,. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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SECTION 477A: 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 3[book, electronic record, 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 2[book, electronic record paper, writing], valuable security or account, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description of 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. OF4[***] PROPERTY AND OTHER MARKS

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What does The Indian Penal Code 1860 Section 477A provide?

Section Section 477A of the The Indian Penal Code 1860 (FALSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS Whoever, being a clerk, officer or servant, or employed or acting in the capacity of a clerk,) is reproduced on this page as part of the The Indian Penal Code 1860. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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