Indian Penal Code
IPC 171 is now BNS 205.
Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent
Carried over
98% of the old wording kept
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. IX
s. 171
Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent
Whoever, not belonging to a certain class of public servants, wears any garb or carries any token resembling any garb or token used by that class of public servants, with the intention that it may be believed, or with the knowledge that it is likely to be believed, that he belongs to that class of public servants, 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 hundred rupees, or with both.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. XII
s. 205
Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent.
Whoever, not belonging to a certain class of public servants, wears any garb or carries any token resembling any garb or token used by that class of public servants, with the intention that it may be believed, or with the knowledge that it is likely to be believed, that he belongs to that class of public servants, 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 thousand rupees, or with both.
Text from India Code