INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
171. Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent
205. Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent
intent.
171. Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with
fraudulent intent.--Whoever, not belonging to a certain class of
public servants, wears any garb or carries any token resembling any
garb or token used by that class of public servants, with the
intention that it may be believed, or with the knowledge that it is
likely to be believed, that he belongs to that class of public
servants, 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 hundred rupees, or with both.
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Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
205. Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent.—Whoever,
not belonging to a certain class of public servants, wears any garb or carries any token resembling any
garb or token used by that class of public servants, with the intention that it may be believed, or with the
knowledge that it is likely to be believed, that he belongs to that class of public servants, 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 thousand rupees, or with both.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023