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Punishment for forgery of signatures
19-Mar-2023 (In Criminal Law)
What is the minimum punishment for forgery of signatures?
General punishment of forgery is two years and If forgery committed pertaing to making false documents then punishment may be extended upto ten yrars and if forgery is relating to false Will or any valuable security then punishment extended upto life imprisonment.
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Adv. Ajitpal Singh Mander
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What is the punishment for forgery signature?
Forgery: Punishment
The Section 465 IPC prescribes the punishment for forgery. This section states that anyone who commits forgery will be punished by either imprisonment for a period of up to two years, or a fine.
What is Section 470 of the IPC?
Description. False documents or electronic records 1 that are made entirely or partly by forgery, or both, are called forged documents or electronic records.
Dear there is no set standard of law regarding the pushment of forged signature, it depends where that person used these documents of forged signature, what is intensity of the crime, only then court decide the pushment.
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Adv. J.C. Kaushal
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Forgery is covered by section 465 of IPC and it states that the imprisonment can be extended to 2years max with fine. which means it could be any term under 2 years and can't exceed 2 years in any case.
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Adv. Pankaj Chauhan
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The IPC Section 465 deals with forgery and includes the crime of "making a false certificate". This section states that the forger is punished. The punishment for forgery includes a maximum of two-years imprisonment, a fine or both.
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