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477
Falsification of accounts
Content: 477A. Falsification of accounts Whoever, being a clerk, officer or servant, or employed or acting in the capacity of a clerk, officer or servant, willfully, and with intent to defraud, destroys, alters, mutilates or falsifies any book, paper, writing, valuable security or account which belongs to or is in the ...
479
Property mark
Content: 479. Property mark A mark used for denoting that movable property belongs to a particular person is called a property mark. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
480
Using a false trade mark: Repealed by the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958, w.e.f. 25th. November, 1959
Content: 480. Using a false trade mark: Repealed by the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958, w.e.f. 25th. November, 1959] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
481
Using a false property mark
Content: 481. Using a false property mark Whoever marks any movable property or goods or any case, package or other receptacle containing movable property or goods, or uses any case, package or other receptacle having any mark thereon, in a manner reasonably calculated to cause it to be believed that the property or go...
482
Punishment for using a false property mark
Content: 482. Punishment for using a false property mark Whoever uses 177 [***] any false property mark shall, unless he proves that he acted without intent to defraud, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.] -----------------------------...
483
Counterfeiting a property mark used by another
Content: 483. Counterfeiting a property mark used by another Whoever counterfeits any 178 [***] property mark used by any other person shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both. ---------------------------------------------------------...
484
Counterfeiting a mark used by a public servant
Content: 484. Counterfeiting a mark used by a public servant Whoever counterfeits any property mark used by a public servant, or any mark used by a public servant to denote that any property has been manufactured by a particular person or at a particular time or place, or that the property is of a particular quality or...
485
Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark
Content: 485. Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark Whoever makes or has in his possession any die, plate or other instrument for the purpose of counterfeiting a property mark, or has in his possession a property mark for the purpose of denoting that any goods belong to a person to w...
486
Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark
Content: 486. Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark 180 [Whoever sells, or exposes, or has in possession for sale, any goods or things with a counterfeit property mark] affixed to or impressed upon the same or to or upon any case, package or other receptacle in which such goods are contained, shall, unl...
487
Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods
Content: [487. Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods Whoever makes any false mark upon any case, package or other receptacle containing goods, in a manner reasonably calculated to cause any public servant or any other person to believe that such receptacle contains goods which it does not contain or ...
488
Punishment for making use of any such false mark
Content: 488. Punishment for making use of any such false mark Whoever makes use of any such false mark in any manner prohibited by the last foregoing section shall, unless he proves that he acted without intent to defraud, be punished as if he had committed an offence against that section.] ---------------------------...
489
Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury
Content: 489. Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury Whoever removes, destroys, defaces or adds to any property mark, intending or knowing it to be likely that he may thereby cause injury to any person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, ...
489
Counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes
Content: 489A. Counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes Whoever counterfeits, or knowingly performs any part of the process of counterfeiting, any currency-note or bank-note, shall be punished with 152 [imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and s...
489
Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank- notes
Content: 489B. Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank- notes Whoever sells to, or buys or receives from, any other person, or otherwise traffics in or uses as genuine, any forged or counterfeit currency-note or bank-note, knowing or having reason to believe the same to be forged or counterfeit, ...
489
Possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes
Content: 489C. Possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes Whoever has in his possession any forged or counterfeit currency-note or bank-note, knowing or having reason to believe the same to be forged or counterfeit and intending to use the same as genuine or that it may be used as genuine, shall b...
489
Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes
Content: 489D. Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes Whoever makes, or performs, any part of the process of making, or buys or sells or disposes of, or has in his possession, any machinery, instrument or material for the purpose of being. used, or knowi...
489
Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes
Content: [489E. Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes (1) Whoever makes, or causes to be made, or uses for any purpose whatsoever, or delivers to any person, any document purporting to be, or in any way resembling, or so nearly resembling as to be calculated to deceive any currency-note or b...
491
Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person
Content: 491. Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person Whoever, being. bound by a lawful contract to attend on or to supply the wants of any person who, by reason of youth, or of unsoundness of mind, or of a disease or bodily weakness, is helpless or incapable of providing for his own safety ...
493
Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage
Content: 493. Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage Every man who by deceit causes any woman who is not lawfully married to him to believe that she is lawfully married to him and to cohabit or have sexual intercourse with him in that belief, shall be punished with imprisonment of...
494
Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife
Content: 494. Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife Whoever, having a husband or wife living, marries in any case in which such marriage is void by reason of its taking place during the life of such husband or wife, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to sev...
495
Same offence with concealment of former marriage from person with whom subsequent marriage is contracted
Content: 495. Same offence with concealment of former marriage from person with whom subsequent marriage is contracted Whoever commits the offence defined in the last preceding section having concealed from the person with whom the subsequent marriage is contracted, the fact of the former marriage, shall be punished wi...
496
Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage
Content: 496. Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage Whoever, dishonestly or with a fraudulent intention, goes through the ceremony of being married, knowing that he is not thereby lawfully married, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to sev...
497
Adultery
Content: 497. Adultery Whoever has sexual intercourse with a person who is and whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the wife of another man, without the consent or connivance of that man, such sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of rape, is guilty of the offence of adultery, and shall be punished wi...
498
Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman
Content: 498. Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman Whoever takes or entices away any woman who is and whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the wife of any other man, from that man, or from any person having the care of her on behalf of that man, with intent that she may have...
498
Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty
Content: 498A. Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine. Explanation- For the ...
499
Defamation
Content: 499. Defamation Whoever, by words either spoken or intended to be read, or by signs or by visible representations, makes or publishes any imputation concerning any person intending to harm, or knowing or having reason to believe that such imputation will harm, the reputation of such person, is said, except in ...
500
Punishment for defamation
Content: 500. Punishment for defamation Whoever defames another shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
501
Printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory
Content: 501. Printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory Whoever prints or engraves any matter, knowing or having good reason to believe that such matter is defamatory of any person, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both. ---------------...
502
Sale of printed or engraved substance containing defamatory matter
Content: 502. Sale of printed or engraved substance containing defamatory matter Whoever. sells or offers for sale any printed or engraved substance containing defamatory matter, knowing that it contains such matter, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or w...
503
Criminal intimidation
Content: 503. Criminal intimidation Whoever threatens another with any injury to his person, reputation or property, or to the person or reputation of any one in whom that person is interested, with intent to cause alarm to that person, or to cause that person to do any act which he is not legally bound to do, or to om...
504
Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace
Content: 504. Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace Whoever intentionally insults, and thereby gives provocation to any person, intending or knowing it to be likely that such provocation will cause him to break the public peace, or to commit any other. offence, shall be punished with imprisonmen...
505
Statements conducting to public mischief.
Content: 505. Statements conducting to public mischief. 188 [(1) Whoever makes, publishes or circulates any statement, rumor or report,- (a) with intent to cause, or which is likely to cause, any officer, soldier, 189 [sailor or airman] in the Army, 190 [Navy or Air Force] 191 [of India] to mutiny or otherwise disregar...
506
Punishment for criminal intimidation
Content: 506. Punishment for criminal intimidation Whoever commits, the offence of criminal intimidation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both; If threat be to cause death or grievous hurt, etc- and if the threat be to cause death ...
507
Criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication
Content: 507. Criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication Whoever commits the offence of criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication, or having taken precaution to conceal the name or abode of the person from whom the threat comes, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term whi...
508
Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of the Divine displeasure
Content: 508. Act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of the Divine displeasure Whoever voluntarily causes or attempts to cause any person to do anything which that person is not legally bound to do, or to omit to do anything which he is legally entitled to do, by inducing or attempt...
509
Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman
Content: 509. Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman Whoever, intending to insult the modesty of any woman, utters any word, makes any sound or gesture, or exhibits any object, intending that such word or sound shall be heard, or that such gesture or object shall be seen, by such woman, or intru...
510
Misconduct in public by a drunken person
Content: 510. Misconduct in public by a drunken person Whoever, in a state of intoxication, appears in any public place, or in any place which it is a trespass in him to enter, and there conducts himself in such a manner as to cause annoyance to any person, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which ma...
511
Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment
Content: 511. Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment Whoever attempts to commit an offence punishable by this Code with 152 [imprisonment for life] or imprisonment, or to cause such an offence to be committed, and in such attempt does any act towards the...
511
Foot Notes
Content: Foot Notes 1. IPC extended to Berar by the Berar Laws Act, 1941 and declared in force in- Sonthal Parganas, by the Sonthal Parganas Settlement Regulation, 1872. Panth Piploda, by the Panth Piploda Laws Regulation, 1929; Khondmals District, by the Khondmals Laws Regulation, 1936; and Angul District, by the Angu...