Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Pakistan
Can you tell me that how many years punish in case of 420,468,471 pakistan.
1 Answer from Attorneys
420. Cheating and dishonestly Inducing delivery of property: 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.
max punishment is seven years which can be reduced by Judges,detail is as under .
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468. Forgery for purpose of cheating: Whoever commits forgery, intending that, the
document forged shall be used for the purpose of cheating, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shaft
also be liable to fine.
471. Using as genuine a forged document: Whoever fraudulently or dishonestly uses
as genuine any document which he knows or has reason to believe to be a forged
document, shall be punished in the same manner as if he had forged such document.