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IPC Section 484 - Counterfeiting a mark used by a public servant
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IPC Section 484 deals with counterfeiting a mark used by a public servant.
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484. Counterfeiting a mark used by a public servant. 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 genui ne
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.
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