BNS 345 — Property mark.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

345. (1) A mark used for denoting that movable property belongs to
a particular person is called a property mark.
(2)  Whoever  marks  any  movable  property  or  goods  or  any  case,
package or other receptacle containing movable property or goods, or uses
any  case,  package  or  other  receptacle  having  any  mark  thereon,  in  a
manner reasonably calculated to cause it to be believed that the property

or  goods  so  marked,  or  any  property  or  goods  contained  in  any  such
receptacle so marked, belong to a person to whom they do not belong, is
said to use a false property mark.
(3)  Whoever  uses  any false  property  mark  shall,  unless  he  proves
that he acted without intent to defraud, be punished with imprisonment of
either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or
with both.
Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury.

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