“Wrongful gain” is gain by unlawful means of property to which the person gaining it is not legally entitled; “wrongful loss” is loss by unlawful means of property to which the person losing it is legally entitled.
Section history
Section 23 — “Wrongful gain” and “wrongful loss”
As in force on 21 November 2010.
Timeline 4 versions
- 30 March 1987 Enacted
- 30 November 2008 Revised edition
- 21 November 2010 You are here
- 1 January 2020 Act 15 of 2019
- 17 August 2026 Latest
Explanation.—A person is said to gain wrongfully when such person retains wrongfully, as well as when such person acquires wrongfully. A person is said to lose wrongfully when such person is wrongfully kept out of any property, as well as when such person is wrongfully deprived of property.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 23]