Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury
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Summary
Removing, destroying, defacing or adding to a property mark when you intend or know it is likely to cause injury to someone is an offence. It applies where someone tampers with marks that identify property or its owner and harm may result. Punishment is imprisonment for up to one year, or a fine, or both.
Example
Priya erases the serial number from a phone she plans to sell, knowing this will prevent the original owner from tracing it and likely cause loss. Because she removed a property mark with that knowledge, she can face up to one year imprisonment, or a fine, or both.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever removes, destroys, defaces or adds to any property mark, intending or knowing it to be likely that he may thereby cause injury to any person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
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