## IPC 484

### IPC 484 — Counterfeiting a mark used by a public servant
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/ipc/484

> 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 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.

1. Subs. by Act 26 of 1955, s. 117 and the Sch., for "transportation for life" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).
2. Ins. by Act 3 of 1895, s. 4.
3. Subs. by Act 21 of 2000, s. 91 and the First Sch., for "book, paper, writing" (w.e.f. 17-10-2000).
4. Subs. by Act 4 of 1889, s. 3, for the original heading and ss. 478 to 489.
5. The word "Trade" omitted by Act 43 of 1958, s. 135 and the Sch. (w.e.f. 25-11-1959).
6. The words "any false trade mark or" omitted by s. 135 and the Sch., ibid. (w.e.f. 25-11-1959).
7. The words "trade mark or" omitted by s. 135 and the Sch., ibid. (w.e.f. 25-11-1959).
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