This section covers wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman.
Whoever, not being a soldier, sailor or airman in the Army, Naval or Air service of the Government of India, wears any garb or carries any token resembling any garb or token used by such a soldier, sailor or airman with the intention that it may be believed that he is such a soldier, sailor or airman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both.
What was the old IPC code for Section 168 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman was covered in S. 140*.