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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 113: Liability of abettor for an effect caused by the act abetted different from that intended by the abettor
- Section 167: Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury
- Section 425: Mischief
- Section 204: Destruction of document to prevent its production as evidence
- Section 112: Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done
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