Indian Penal Code
IPC 27 is now BNS 3(3).
“Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant” · BNS 3 brings it together with IPC 6, 7, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37 and 38.
Merged
93% of the old wording kept
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. II
s. 27
“Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant”
When property is in the possession of a person's 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.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. I
s. 3(3)of section 3
General explanations.
(3) When property is in the possession of a person's spouse, clerk or servant, on account of that person, it is in that person's possession within the meaning of this Sanhita.
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 sub-section.
Text from India Code