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Section 257 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
257. Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Government stamp
Whoever makes or performs any part of the process of making, or buys, or sells, or disposes of, any instrument for the purpose of being used, or knowing or having reason to believe that it is intended to be used, for the purpose of counterfeiting any stamp issued by Government for the purpose of revenue, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Related Sections
- Section 21: Public Servant
- Section 321: Voluntarily causing hurt
- Section 318: Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body
- Section 483: Counterfeiting a property mark used by another
- Section 254: Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be altered
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