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Section 168 BNS — Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Official PDF page 50

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168.Whoever, not being a soldier, sailor or airman in the Army, Naval or Air service of the Government of India, wears any garb or carries any token resembling any garb or token used by such a soldier, sailor or airman with the intention that it may be believed that he is such a soldier, sailor or airman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both.

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