Forgery of Public
Forgery of Public
Presented by:
Bishnu Bhandari
Subikhyat Ghimire
Sushmita Manandhar
OFFENCE RELATING TO DOCUMENT
● Making or treating false document as the original or usual.
● Crime against the authenticity
● This offense is also known as traditional offense.
● Beginning of this offense started with the invention of manuscript or letters.
● Includes forgery, fraud or alteration of the original document. ● Also called
as white-collar crime.
WHAT IS DOCUMENT?
Document means “any matter expressed or described upon any substance by means
of letters, figures or marks, or by more than one of those means, intended to be
used, or which may be used, for the purpose of recording that matter.”
WHAT IS FORGERY?
● In common law, forgery was defined as the crime against the state while
modern English law defines forgery as a means of deceipt.
● In simple terms, forgery refers to the making of false documents, modification
of an existing document or alteration of the data or the statements in the
document.
● Forgery implies false document, signature or other imitation of the object of
utility used with the intent to deceive another.
Contd….
● It is the crime of falsely writing or altering a writing by which the legal rights
or obligations of another person are apparently affected.
● According to section 463 of indian penal code, whosoever makes any fake
document or incorrect electronic record or part of document with an intention
to cause damage or injury, to the public or to any person, or to support any
claim or title or to cause any person to share with property or to enter into any
express or implied contract or with purpose to commit fraud.
Contd….
● In particular, the bodies formed in accordance with the laws are included in
this bodies like council, corporation, board, authority.
● There is a clear legal provision in the criminal code about this offense who
violate the legal instruments of these public bodies as serious offenses.
Laws against forgery of Public document
● Section 276 of Muluki Criminal code mentions “Prohibition of Forgery”
which clearly states that no person shall commit, or cause to be committed,
forgery.
➢ According to the Muluki criminal code 2074 “a person who makes a false
document or false electronic record or a part or portion of a document or
electronic record, with intent to cause any harm, injury or damage to the public
or to any person or to render any benefit to the person himself or herself or to
any person shall be considered to commit forgery.”
Contd….
➢ Any person who commits the offence related to forgery are liable for: a. A
sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years and a fine not
exceeding one hundred thousand rupees, in the case of forgery of a document
authenticated by the President,
b. A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding eight years and a fine not
exceeding eighty thousand rupees, in the case of forgery of a judgment or
order of a court,
c. A sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years and a fine not
exceeding seventy thousand rupees, in the case of forgery of a government or
public document other than that referred to in clauses (a) and (b),
Contd….
● Section 283 of Muluki criminal code 2074 mentions the statue of limitation
which clearly states that “No complaint shall lie, in relation to the offence of
forgery of a public document after the expiry of two years from the date of
knowledge of commission of such offence, and in relation to any of the other
offences under this Chapter, after the expiry of six months from the date of
knowledge of commission of such offence.”
Case laws on forgery of Public Document