The IPC 1860 was replaced by the BNS 2023 (in force 2024-07-01); no verified section mapping on file for Section 467 — confirm the corresponding provision (savings: Section 358, BNS 2023).
Whoever forges a document which purports to be a valuable security or a will, or an authority to adopt a son, or which purports to give authority to any person to make or transfer any valuable security, or to receive the principal, interest or dividends thereon, or to receive or deliver any money, moveable property, or valuable security, or any document purporting to be an acquittance or receipt acknowledging the payment of money, or an acquittance or receipt for the delivery of any moveable property or valuable security, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine. CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCE Para I: Punishment--Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine--Non-cognizable--Non-bailable--Triable by Magistrate of the first class--Non-compoundable. Para II: Punishment--Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine--Cognizable--Non-bailable--Triable by Magistrate of the first class--Non-compoundable.