BNS · Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section 345 — Property mark.
Replaces IPC Section 479, IPC Section 481, IPC Section 482.
(1) A mark used for denoting that movable property belongs to a particular person is called a property mark. (2) Whoever marks any movable property or goods or any case, package or other receptacle containing movable property or goods, or uses any case, package or other receptacle having any mark thereon, in a manner reasonably calculated to cause it to be believed that the property or goods so marked, or any property or goods contained in any such receptacle so marked, belong to a person to whom they do not belong, is said to use a false property mark. (3) Whoever uses any false property mark shall, unless he proves that he acted without intent to defraud, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
Nearby sections
- 342 Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 338, or possessing counterfeit marked material.
- 343 Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security.
- 344 Falsification of accounts.
- 346 Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury.
- 347 Counterfeiting a property mark.
- 348 Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark.
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