INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
482. Punishment for using a false property mark
345(3). Property mark.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
482. Punishment for using a false property mark.--Whoever uses
1***any false property mark shall, unless he proves that he acted
without intent to defraud, be punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or
with both.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
345. Property mark.—(1) A mark used for denoting that movable property belongs to a particular
person is called a property mark.
(2) Whoever marks any movable property or goods or any case, package or other receptacle
containing movable property or goods, or uses any case, package or other receptacle having any mark
thereon, in a manner reasonably calculated to cause it to be believed that the property or goods so
marked, or any property or goods contained in any such receptacle so marked, belong to a person to
whom they do not belong, is said to use a false property mark.
(3) Whoever uses any false property mark shall, unless he proves that he acted without intent to
defraud, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or
with fine, or with both.