IPC 477A — Falsification of accounts

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

[477A. Falsification  of accounts.--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 book,  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 book, 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.]
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