Penal Code · s 207

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s 207Fraudulent claim to property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution

Whoever -

(a)

fraudulently accepts, receives or claims any property or any interest therein, knowing that he has no right or rightful claim to such property or interest; or

(b)

practises any deception touching any right to any property or any interest therein, intending thereby to prevent that property or interest therein from being taken -

(i)

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

(ii)

in execution of a decree or 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 not exceeding 2 years, fine or both.