INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
140. Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman.
168. Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman.
140. Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or
airman.--Whoever, not being a soldier, 7*[sailor or airman] in the
Military, 8*[Naval or Air] service of the 9*[Government of India],
wears any garb or carries any token resembling any garb or token used
by such a soldier, 7*[sailor or airman] with the intention that it may
be believed that he is such a soldier, 7*[sailor or airman], shall be
punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred
rupees, or with both.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
168. Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman.—Whoever, not being a
soldier, sailor or airman in the Army, Naval or Air service of the Government of India, wears any garb or
carries any token resembling any garb or token used by such a soldier, sailor or airman with the intention
that it may be believed that he is such a soldier, sailor or airman, shall be punished with imprisonment of
either description for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to two
thousand rupees, or with both.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023