Section 140 - Wearing Garb or Carrying Token Used by Soldier, Sailor or Airman in Indian Penal Code, 1860
Wearing Garb or Carrying Token Used by Soldier, Sailor or Airman.
Whoever, not being a soldier,1[sailor or airman], in the Military,2[Naval or Air] service of the3[Government of India], wears any garb or carries any token resembling any garb or token used by such a soldier,1[sailor or airman] with the intention that it may be believed that he is such a soldier,1[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 five hundred rupees, or with both.
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1. Substituted by Act 10 of 1927, section 2 and Schedule I. for "or sailor".
2. Substituted by Act 10 of 1927, section 2 and Schedule I. for "or Navy".
3. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Queen".