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Section 266 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
266. Being in possession of false weight or measure
Whoever is in possession of any instrument for weighing, or of any weight, or of any measure of length or capacity, which he knows to be false, 133[***] intending that the same may be fraudulently used, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
Related Sections
- Section 259: Having possession of counterfeit Government stamp
- Section 437: Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a decked vessel or one of twenty tons burden
- Section 334: Voluntarily causing hurt on provocation
- Section 79: Act done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself justified, by law
- Section 433: Mischief by destroying, moving or rendering less useful a light-house or sea-mark
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