BNS · Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section 343 — Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security.
Replaces IPC Section 477.
Whoever fraudulently or dishonestly, or with intent to cause damage or injury to the public or to any person, cancels, destroys or defaces, or attempts to cancel, destroy or deface, or secretes or attempts to secrete any document which is or purports to be a will, or an authority to adopt a son, or any valuable security, or commits mischief in respect of such document, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Nearby sections
- 340 Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine.
- 341 Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 338.
- 342 Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 338, or possessing counterfeit marked material.
- 344 Falsification of accounts.
- 345 Property mark.
- 346 Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury.
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