Forgery of valuable security, will, etc.
Full Text
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 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.
Plain English Summary
Punishes forging valuable securities, wills, adoption authorizations, or receipts for money/property, with life imprisonment or up to 10 years imprisonment and a fine.
Key Legal Elements
- Forging a valuable security, will, or authority to adopt a son
- Forging an authorization to create or transfer valuable security, or to receive dividends/interest/principal
- Forging an authorization to receive or deliver money, movable property, or valuable security
- Forging an acquittance or receipt acknowledging money payment or delivery of movable property/security
- Severe penalty (life imprisonment or up to 10 years imprisonment and fine) reflecting the high financial/legal significance of these documents
Punishment
Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment up to 10 years and fine
Practical Note
CRITICAL COMPARISON: BNS Section 338 corresponds directly to Section 467 of the IPC (forgery of valuable security, will, etc.). The list of protected documents, essential components of the offence, and the maximum punishment (imprisonment for life, or up to 10 years and fine) remain completely identical under BNS Section 338.
हिंदी पाठ
जो कोई किसी ऐसे दस्तावेज की कूटरचना करेगा, जो मूल्यवान प्रतिभूति या वसीयत, या पुत्र को दत्तक लेने का प्राधिकार होना तात्पर्यित हो, या जो किसी व्यक्ति को कोई मूल्यवान प्रतिभूति बनाने या अंतरित करने, या उस पर मूलधन, ब्याज या लाभांश प्राप्त करने, या कोई धन, चल संपत्ति या मूल्यवान प्रतिभूति प्राप्त करने या परिदत्त करने का प्राधिकार देना तात्पर्यित हो, या कोई ऐसा दस्तावेज होना तात्पर्यित हो, जो धन के भुगतान की अभिस्वीकृति देने वाला निस्तारण-पत्र या रसीद हो, या किसी चल संपत्ति या मूल्यवान प्रतिभूति के परिदान की पावती या रसीद हो, वह आजीवन कारावास से, या दोनों में से किसी भांति के कारावास से, जिसकी अवधि दस वर्ष तक की हो सकेगी, दंडित किया जाएगा और जुर्माने से भी दंडनीय होगा।