Lawgist477AFalsification of accounts
1[477A. Falsification of accounts-- Whoever, being a clerk, officer or servant, or employed or acting in the capacity of a clerk, officer or servant, wilfully, and with intent to defraud, destroys, alters, mutilates or falsifies any 2[book, electronic record, paper, writing] valuable security or account which belongs to or is in the possession of his employer, or has been received by him for or on behalf of his employer, or wilfully, and with intent to defraud, makes or abets the making of any false entry in, or omits or alters or abets the omission or alteration of any material particular from or in. any such 2[book, electronic record, paper, writing] valuable security or account, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.
Explanation.--It shall be sufficient in any charge under this section to allege a general intent to defraud without naming any particular person intended to be defrauded or specifying any particular sum of money intended to be the subject of the fraud, or any particular day on which the offence was committed.]
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1. Added by Act 3 of 1895, s. 4.
2. Subs. by Act 21 of 2000, s. 91 and the First Sch., for "book, paper, writing" (w.e.f. 17-10-2000).
- 463 Forgery
- 464 Making a false document
- 465 Punishment for forgery
- 466 Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc
- 467 Forgery of valuable security, will, etc
- 468 Forgery for purpose of cheating
- 469 Forgery for purpose of harming reputation
- 470 Forged document
- 471 Using as genuine a forged document or electronic record
- 472 Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 467
- 473 Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable otherwise
- 474 Having possession of document described in section 466 or 467, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine
- 475 Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material
- 476 Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents other than those described in section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material
- 477 Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security
- 477A Falsification of accounts
