Section 332: Fraudulently using blank document
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332. Fraudulently using blank document
(1) Quiconque, abusant d’un (1) Any person who, taking adblanc-seing qui lui aura été confié, vantage of a document signed in
aura frauduleusement écrit au- blank entrusted to him, fraudulently
dessus une obligation ou décharge, writes before the signature, any obou tout autre acte pouvant compro- ligation, discharge or other engagemettre la personne ou la fortune du ment of a nature to compromise the
signataire, sera puni de servitude person or fortune of the party whose
pénale qui ne pourra excéder 10 ans signature is affixed thereunto, shall
et d’une amende qui n’excèdera pas be punished by penal servitude for a
100,000 roupies. term not exceeding 10 years, and by
a fine not exceeding 100,000 rupees.
(2) Dans le cas où le blanc-seing (2) Where the blank signature
ne lui aurait pas été confié, il sera has not been entrusted to the ofpoursuivi comme faussaire et puni fender, he shall be prosecuted for
comme tel. forgery, and shall be punished
accordingly.
[S. 332 reprinted by Reprint 2 of 1983; amended by Act 5 of 1999; s. 8 of Act 36 of 2008
w.e.f. 6 December 2008.]
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- What is the penalty for writing a false obligation above someone's signature on a blank document I was trusted with?