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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 specifically deals with cheating that dishonestly…

Section 318(4) applies when cheating dishonestly induces delivery of property or the making, alteration or destruction of a valuable security. Section 318(2) gives the…

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 specifically deals with cheating that dishonestly induces a person to deliver property or to make, alter or destroy a valuable security?

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Section 318(4) applies when cheating dishonestly induces delivery of property or the making, alteration or destruction of a valuable security. Section 318(2) gives the general punishment for cheating. The protected-interest and personation provisions require different additional facts.

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Option A

Section 318(2) provides the general punishment for cheating.

Option B

Section 318(3) covers cheating where the offender knows of likely wrongful loss to a person whose interest the offender must protect by law or legal contract.

Option C

Section 319(2) punishes cheating by personation.

Option D

Section 318(4) specifically punishes cheating that dishonestly induces delivery of property or the making, alteration or destruction of a valuable security.

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