When property is in the possession of a person’s spouse, clerk or servant, on account of that person, it is in that person’s possession within the meaning of this Code.
Section history
Section 27 — Property in possession of spouse, clerk or servant
As in force on 1 July 2014.
Timeline 4 versions
- 30 March 1987 Enacted
- 1 February 2008 Act 51 of 2007
- 1 July 2014 You are here
- 31 December 2021 Revised edition
- 17 August 2026 Latest
Explanation 1.—A person employed temporarily or on a particular occasion in the capacity of a clerk or servant is a clerk or servant within the meaning of this section.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 27]