Classification of Offences

Classification of Offences

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Section	Offence	Punishment	Cognizable or non-cognizable	Bailable or non-bailable	By what court triable
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CHAPTER XVIII - OFFENCES RELATING TO DOCUMENTS AND TO PROPERTY MARKS
465	Forgery	Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Non-cognizable	Bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
466	Forgery of a record of a Court of Justice or of a Registrar of Births, etc., kept by a public servant.	Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto	Non-bailable	Ditto
467	Forgery of a valuable security, will, or authority to make or transfer any valuable security, or to receive any money, etc.	Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
467	When the valuable security is a promissory note of the Central Government.	Ditto	Cognizable	Ditto	Ditto
468	Forgery for the purpose of cheating.	Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
469	Forgery for the purpose of harming the reputation of any person or knowing that it is likely to be used for that purpose.	Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Ditto	Bailable	Ditto
471	Using as genuine a forged document which is known to be forged.	Punishment for forgery of such document.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
471	When the forged document is a promissory note of the Central Government.	Ditto.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
472	Making or counterfeiting a seal, plate, etc., with intent to commit a forgery punishable under section 467 of the Indian Penal Code, or possessing with like intent any such seal, plate, etc., knowing the same to be counterfeit.	Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
473	Making or counterfeiting a seal, plate, etc., with intent to commit a forgery punishable otherwise than under section 467 of the Indian Penal Code, or possessing with like intent any such seal, plate, etc., knowing the same to be counterfeit.	Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
474	Having possession of a document, knowing it to be forged, with intent to use it as genuine; if the document is one of the description mentioned in section 466 of the Indian Penal Code.	Ditto.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
474	If the document is one of the description mentioned in section 467 of the Indian Penal Code.	Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Non-cognizable	Ditto	Ditto
475	Counterfeiting a device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 467 of the Indian Penal Code, or possessing counterfeit marked material.	Ditto.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
476	Counterfeiting a device or mark used for authenticating documents other than those described in section 467 of the Indian penal Code, or possessing counterfeit marked material.	Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Ditto	Non-bailable	Ditto
477	Fraudulently destroying or defacing, or attempting to destroy or deface, or secreting a will, etc.	Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 7 years and fine.	Non-cognizable	Non-bailable	Magistrate of the first class.
477 A	Falsification of accounts	Imprisonment for 7 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto	Bailable	Ditto
482	Using a false property with intent or injure any person.	Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.	Ditto	Ditto	Any Magistrate.
483	Counterfeiting a property mark used by another, with intent to cause damage or injury.	Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
484	Counterfeiting property mark used by a public servant, or any mark used by him to denote the manufacture, quality, etc., of any property.	Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.	Ditto	Ditto	Magistrate of the first class.
485	Fraudulently making or having possession of any die, plate or other instrument for counterfeiting any public or private Property mark.	Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
486	Knowingly selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark.	Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.	Ditto	Ditto	Any Magistrate.
487	Fraudulently making a false mark upon any package or receptacle containing goods, with intent to cause it to be believed that it contains goods which it does not contain, etc.	Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
488	Making use of any such false mark	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
489	Removing, destroying or defacing property mark with intent to cause injury.	Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
489 A	Counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes.	Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Cognizable	Non-bailable	Court of Session.
489 B	Using as genuine forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto
489 C	Possession of forged or counterfeit or currency-notes or bank-notes.	Imprisonment for 7 years, or fine, or both .	Ditto	Bailable	Ditto
489 D	Making or possessing machinery, instrument or material for forging or counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes.	Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.	Ditto	Non-bailable	Ditto
489 E	Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes.	Fine of 100 rupees	Non-cognizable	Bailable	Any Magistrate.
489 E	On refusal to disclose the name and address of the printer.	Fine of 200 rupees.	Ditto	Ditto	Ditto

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