Indian Penal Code
IPC 140 is now BNS 168.
Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman
Carried over
97% of the old wording kept
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. VII
s. 140
Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman
Whoever, not being a soldier, 9[sailor or airman] in the Military, 10[Naval or Air] service of the 11[Government of India], wears any garb or carries any token resembling any garb or token used by such a soldier, 9[sailor or airman] with the intention that it may be believed that he is such a soldier, 9[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.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. VIII
s. 168
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.
Text from India Code