Indian Penal Code 1860
Section 477A :
1.[Falsification of accounts:
(See section 344 of BNS 2023)
Classification of Offence:
Offence: Falsification of accounts.
Punishment :Imprisonment for 7 years, or fine, or both.
Cognizable or Non-cognizable :Non-cognizable
Bailable or Non-bailable : Bailable
Compoundable or Non-compoundable : Non-compoundable
By Which Court Triable :Magistrate of the first class.(State Amendment, Madhya Pradesh : Court of Session )
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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 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 willfully, 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 1[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.]
State Amendment :
Madhya Pradesh : Offence under section 476 is triable by Court of Session.
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1. Added by Act 3 of 1895, s. 4.
2. Subs.by Act 21 of 2000, sec 91 and Sch.I.
