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Section 476 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
476. Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents other than those described in section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material
Whoever counterfeits upon, or in the substance of, any material, any device or mark used for the purpose of authenticating any document other than the documents described in section 467 of this Code, intending that such device or mark shall be used for the purpose of giving the appearance of authenticity to any document then forged or thereafter to be forged on such material, or who, with such intent, has in his possession any material upon or in the substance of which any such device or mark has been counterfeited, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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- Section 365: Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person
- Section 271: Disobedience to quarantine rule
- Section 369: Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years with intent to steal from its person
- Section 354: Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty.
- Section 125: Waging war against any Asiatic Power in alliance with the Government of India