Of Offencesagainst Property

IPC Section 465 - Punishment for forgery

Section number465
Chapter17 - Of Offencesagainst Property
Related BNS section336
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Simple language explanation

IPC Section 465 deals with punishment for forgery.

Full official legal text

465. Punishment for forgery. Whoever commits forgery shall be punished with impriso nment of

either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

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