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Section 420

Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property

Section

Section Number

420

Chapter

Act

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Year

Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property

Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property

Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property.

420. Whoever cheats and thereby dishonestly induces the person deceived to deliver any property to any person, or to make, alter or destroy the whole or any part of a valuable security, or anything which is signed or sealed, and which is capable of being converted into a valuable security, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

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