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Q1 · easy · BNS S.335
Under Section 335, which of the following acts constitutes making a false document or false electronic record as per clause (A)?
- A.Dishonestly makes, signs, seals or executes a document or part of a document with intention to cause it to be believed to be made by another.✓ correct
- B.Merely printing a document without any dishonest or fraudulent intention.
- C.Transmitting an electronic record with lawful authority and no dishonest intention.
- D.Possessing a genuine document without attempting to alter or transmit it.
Why: Clause (A)(i) of Section 335 describes that dishonestly or fraudulently making, signing, sealing or executing a document with intent to cause it to be believed to be by another amounts to making a false document. The other options lack the dishonest/fraudulent intention or any act described in clause (A).
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Can a person’s signature of his own name amount to forgery under Section 335?
- A.No, a person signing his own name can never be guilty of forgery.
- B.Yes, a man’s signature of his own name may amount to forgery.✓ correct
- C.Only if the person signs another person’s name as well.
- D.Only when the signature is on an electronic record.
Why: Explanation 1 to Section 335 expressly states that a man’s signature of his own name may amount to forgery. The provision gives illustrations showing how signing one’s own name can be used deceptively and thus constitute forgery.
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A leaves with his agent B a cheque signed by A but with the amount left blank, authorising B to fill in any sum not exceeding Rs.10,000 for specified payments. B fraudulently fills it up for Rs.20,000. Under Section 335, who has committed forgery?
- A.A only, for leaving a blank cheque.
- B.B only, for fraudulently filling the cheque above the authorised amount.✓ correct
- C.Both A and B are guilty of forgery.
- D.Neither is guilty because A gave general authority.
Why: Illustration (d) to Section 335 states that where A authorises B to fill up a cheque up to Rs.10,000 but B fraudulently inserts Rs.20,000, B commits forgery. A is not held guilty for B’s dishonest act under that illustration.
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If a person without lawful authority, dishonestly alters a document after it has been executed by another who is now dead, does Section 335 treat the alteration as forgery?
- A.No, alteration after the maker’s death is not forgery under Section 335.
- B.Yes, alteration after execution is forgery even if the original maker is dead.✓ correct
- C.Only if the deceased had authorised the alteration before death.
- D.Yes, but only for physical documents and not electronic records.
Why: Clause (B) of Section 335 makes it forgery to dishonestly or fraudulently alter a document after it has been executed, whether the person who executed it is living or dead at the time of alteration. The clause applies to documents and electronic records alike.
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A executes a document himself and later, without lawful authority and with dishonest intent, alters it in a material part. Under Section 335(B), is this act forgery?
- A.No, a person cannot commit forgery by altering a document he himself executed.
- B.Yes, altering a document after execution is forgery even if done by the person who executed it.✓ correct
- C.Only if a third party relies on the altered document.
- D.Yes, but only if the alteration converts the document into an electronic record.
Why: Section 335(B) expressly includes alteration of a document after it has been made or executed by himself or by any other person as forgery when done without lawful authority and dishonestly or fraudulently. The provision does not exclude alterations carried out by the original maker.
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