INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
475. Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents
342. Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 338,
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents
described in section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material.
475. Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating
documents 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 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 1
*[imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment of either description
for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable
to fine.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
342. Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 338,
or possessing counterfeit marked material.—(1) Whoever counterfeits upon, or in the substance of,
any material, any device or mark used for the purpose of authenticating any document described in
section 338, 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 for life, or with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
(2) Whoever counterfeits upon, or in the substance of, any material, any device or mark used for the
purpose of authenticating any document or electronic record other than the documents described in
section 338, 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.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023