Of False Evidence And Offences Against Public Justice
BNS Section 243 - Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
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243. Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in
execution.--Whoever fraudulently removes, conceals, transfers or delivers to any person any property or
any interest therein, intending thereby to prevent that property or interest therein from being taken as a
forfeiture or in satisfaction of a fine, under a sentence which has been pronounced, or which he knows to
be likely to be pronounced, by a Court or other competent authority, or from being taken in execution of a
decree or order which has been made, or which he knows to be likely to be made by a Court in a civil
suit, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three
years, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.