Of Offences Relating To Documents And To Property Marks
BNS Section 347 - Counterfeiting a property mark
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347. Counterfeiting a property mark.--(1) Whoever counterfeits any property mark used by any
other person shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
two years, or with fine, or with both.
(2) Whoever counterfeits any property mark used by a public servant, or any mark used by a public
servant to denote that any property has been manufactured by a particular person or at a particular time or
place, or that the property is of a particular quality or has passed through a particular office, or that it is
entitled to any exemption, or uses as genuine any such mark knowing the same to be counterfeit, shall be
punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall
also be liable to fine.