BNS338
BNS Section 338: Forgery of valuable security, will, etc
Punishment 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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Arrest, bail & court
- Non-cognizable · Non-bailable · Magistrate of the first class (Forgery of a valuable security, will, or authority to make or transfer any valuable security, or to receive any money, etc)
- Cognizable · Non-bailable · Magistrate of the first class (When the valuable security is a promissory note of the Central Government)
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS338. 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.
Corresponds (indicatively) to IPC 467 of the repealed Indian Penal Code, 1860. IPC → BNS table
Cite as: Section 338, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)