BNS · Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section 347 — Counterfeiting a property mark.
Replaces IPC Section 483, IPC Section 484.
(1) Whoever counterfeits any property mark used by any other person shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both. (2) Whoever counterfeits any property mark used by a public servant, or any mark used by a public servant to denote that any property has been manufactured by a particular person or at a particular time or place, or that the property is of a particular quality or has passed through a particular office, or that it is entitled to any exemption, or uses as genuine any such mark knowing the same to be counterfeit, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Nearby sections
- 344 Falsification of accounts.
- 345 Property mark.
- 346 Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury.
- 348 Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark.
- 349 Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark.
- 350 Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods.
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