Section 20 (B) “Probable” an Act is said to be “probable” to have a certain consequence
or to cause a certain effect if the occurrence of that consequence or effect
would not cause surprise to a reasonable man.
Section 21 -
Property in Possession of Husband, Wife, Clerk or Servant. When
property is in the possession of a person’s husband 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.
Section 22 -
“Counterfeit”: A person is said to “counterfeit”, who causes one thing to
resemble another thing intending by means of that resemblance to practice
deception or knowing it to be likely that deception will thereby be
practiced.
Explanation 1. - It is not essential to counterfeiting that the resemblance
should be exact.
Explanation 2. - When a person causes one thing to resemble another
thing and the resemblance is such that a person might be deceived thereby,
it shall be presumed until the contrary is proved, that the person so causing
one thing to resemble the other thing intended by means of that
resemblance to practice deception or knew it to be likely that deception
would thereby be practiced.
Section 23 -
“Writing” “Document”: The word “writing” denotes any marks made
upon paper or other substance to express words or ideas, and includes
marks made by printing, lithography, photography, inscription, engraving
or any other process; and the word “document” signifies any writing
intended to be used or which may be used as evidence of the matter
expressed thereby.
Section 24 -
“Document of Title”: The words “document of title” denote a document
which is or purports to be a document whereby a legal right is created,
extended, transferred, restricted, extinguished or released, or whereby the
existence or the extinction of a legal right is acknowledged or established.
Section 25 -
“Words Referring to Acts Include Illegal Omissions”: In every part of
this Code, except where a contrary intention appears from the context,
words which refer to acts done extend also to illegal omissions.
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