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Section 206 — Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as a forfeiture or in execution of a decree

As in force on 10 February 2020.

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206.Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as a forfeiture or in execution of a decree

Whoever fraudulently removes, conceals, transfers, or delivers to any person any property or any interest therein, intending thereby to prevent that property or interest therein from being taken as a forfeiture or in satisfaction of a fine, under a sentence which has been pronounced, or which he knows to be likely to be pronounced by a court of justice or other competent authority, or from being taken in execution of a decree or an order which has been made, or which he knows to be likely to be made by a court of justice in a civil suit, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years, or with fine, or with both.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 206]