Section 140 Indian Penal Code (IPC) 1860

Section 140 Indian Penal Code

Section 140 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 is about Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman. It is under CHAPTER VII (OF OFFENCES RELATING TO THE ARMY, NAVYAND AIR FORCE) of the Code.

Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman

Whoever, not being a soldier, ¹ [sailor or airman] in the Military, ²[Naval or Air] service of the ³[Government of India], wears any garb or carries any token resembling any garb or token used by such a soldier, ¹ [sailor or airman] with the intention that it may be believed that he is such a soldier, ¹ [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 five hundred rupees, or with both.