Section 420: Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property
The Pakistan Penal Code · Pakistan Penal Code · Chapter XVII · in_force
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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. Of Fraudulent Deeds and Dispositions of Property
Effective date: 1862-01-01
Cross references
- code-of-criminal-procedure §154 — Information in cognizable cases — Registration of FIR for cognizable offence
Amendment history
- v2 · 1862-01-01 — Replace seed placeholder with official consolidated verbatim text (keywords, text)
Related sections
Section 419: Punishment for cheating by personationSection 421: Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property to preventSection 418: Cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue to person whose interestSection 422: Dishonestly or fraudulently preventing debt being available for creditorsSection 417: Punishment for cheatingSection 423: Dishonest or fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing false statement
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