Indian Penal Code (IPC) S. 467. Forgery of valuable security, will, etc.
467. 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 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 receipt acknowledging the payment of money, or an acquittance or receipt for the delivery of any movable property or valuable security, shall be punished with [i][imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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Cognizable or not? |
Non-cognizable (Forgery of a valuable security, will, or authority to make or transfer any valuable security, or to receive any money, etc.); Cognizable (When the valuable security is a promissory note of the Central Government). |
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Whether Bailable? |
Non-bailable |
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Compoundable or not? |
Not compoundable |
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Triable by whom? |
Magistrate of the first class |
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[i] Substituted by Act 26 of 1955, S. 117 and Sch., for “transportation for life” (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).
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