Counterfeiting Government stamp
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Summary
Counterfeiting or knowingly taking part in making any Government revenue stamp is a serious crime. It applies when someone forges a stamp or assists in any step of the counterfeiting process, including causing a lower denomination stamp to appear like a higher one. Punishment is life imprisonment or imprisonment up to ten years, and a fine.
Example
Priya runs a stationery shop and alters cheaper revenue stamps to look like higher-value stamps so she can save money. That is counterfeiting under this provision; she can be punished with life imprisonment or imprisonment up to ten years, and a fine.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever counterfeits, or knowingly performs any part of the process of counterfeiting, any stamp issued by Government for the purpose of revenue shall be punished with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Explanations
(1) A person commits this offence who counterfeits by causing a genuine stamps of one denomination to appear like a genuine stamp of a different denomination.
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