Of Offences Relatingto Coinand Government Stamps
IPC Section 263 - Erasure of mark deno ting that stamp has been used
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 263 deals with erasure of mark deno ting that stamp has been used.
Full official legal text
263. Erasure of mark deno ting that stamp has been used. Whoever, fraudulently or with intent
to cause loss to Government, erases or removes from a stamp issued by Government for the purpose of
revenue, any mark, put or impressed upon such stamp for the purpose of denoting that the same has been
used, or knowingly has in his possession or sells or disposes of any such stamp from which such mark has
been erased or removed, or sells or disposes of any such stamp which he knows to have been used, shall
be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term w hich may extend to three years, or with
fine, or with both.
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