Chapter II — General Explanations

Section 27 — Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant

Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Free to read

When property is in the possession of a person's wife, clerk or servant, on account of that person, it is in that person's possession within the meaning of this Code.

Explanation.—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.