BNS · Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section 184 — Using Government stamp known to have been before used.
Replaces IPC Section 262.
Whoever, fraudulently or with intent to cause loss to the Government, uses for any purpose a stamp issued by Government for the purpose of revenue, which he knows to have been before used, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both
Nearby sections
- 181 Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes.
- 182 Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes.
- 183 Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government.
- 185 Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used.
- 186 Prohibition of fictitious stamps.
- 187 Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law.
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