Definitions of offence and document determine the Sanhita's reach, evidentiary scope and categories of culpable persons. The Sanhita sets out functional definitions that determine criminal scope: offence is generally a thing punishable under the Sanhita (with specified cross ... Summary
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Definitions of offence and document determine the Sanhita's reach, evidentiary scope and categories of culpable persons.
The Sanhita sets out functional definitions that determine criminal scope: offence is generally a thing punishable under the Sanhita (with specified cross references to special or local laws); document includes electronic and digital records with illustrations and presumptions; public servant is exhaustively described by duties and includes persons remunerated for public functions; and key modes and intents-counterfeit, dishonestly, fraudulently, "act", "omission", "voluntarily", "wrongful gain" and "wrongful loss"-are defined to guide liability and evidential treatment.
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