Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents other than those described in section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material
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Summary
Counterfeiting a device or mark on any material used to authenticate a document or electronic record, or possessing such material with the intent to make a record appear genuine, is an offence. It covers fake stamps, seals, holograms or other security marks meant to give the appearance of authenticity, excluding certain documents dealt with elsewhere. Punishment is imprisonment up to seven years and fine.
Example
Priya makes fake hologram stickers like those used on university degree certificates and keeps sheets with those stickers planning to attach them to forged degrees. She can be prosecuted under this provision and faces up to seven years imprisonment and a fine.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever counterfeits upon, or in the substance of, any material, any device or mark used for the purpose of authenticating any document or electronic record other than the documents described in section 467 of this Code, intending that such device or mark shall be used for the purpose of giving the appearance of authenticity to any document or electronic record then forged or thereafter to be forged on such material, or who with such intent, has in his possession any material upon or in the substance of which any such device or mark has been counterfeited, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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