BNS Section 338 – 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 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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