BNS 185 — Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

185. Whoever,   fraudulently   or   with   intent   to   cause   loss   to
Government, erases or removes from a stamp issued by Government for

the purpose of revenue, any mark, put or impressed upon such stamp for
the purpose of denoting that the same has been used, or knowingly has in
his possession or sells or disposes of any such stamp from which such mark
has been erased or removed, or sells or disposes of any such stamp which
he knows to have been used, shall be punished with imprisonment of either
description  for  a  term  which  may  extend  to  three  years, or  with  fine,  or
with both.
Prohibition of fictitious stamps.

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