IPC 263 — Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

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.
263A.
Prohibition of fictitious stamps.

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