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Section 27 IPC — Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant

Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Official PDF page 10

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27. Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant.--When property is in the possession of a person's wife, clerk or servant, on account of that person, it is in that person's possession within the meaning of this Code.

Explanation.--A person employed temporarily or on a particular occasion in the capacity of a clerk, or servant, is a clerk or servant within the meaning of this section.

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