BBanaka

IPC: Chapter 18: Offences relating to Documents and Property Marks

Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS).

  1. Section 463. Forgery
  2. Section 464. Making a false document
  3. Section 465. Punishment for forgery
  4. Section 466. Forgery of record of court or of public register, etc
  5. Section 467. Forgery of valuable security, will, etc
  6. Section 468. Forgery for purpose of cheating
  7. Section 469. Forgery for purpose of harming reputation
  8. Section 470. Forged document or electronic record
  9. Section 471. Using as genuine a forged document or electronic record
  10. Section 472. Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 467
  11. Section 473. Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable otherwise
  12. Section 474. Having possession of document described in Section 466 or 467, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine
  13. Section 475. Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in Section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material
  14. Section 476. Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating docu­ments other than those described in section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material
  15. Section 477. Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security
  16. Section 477A. Falsification of accounts
  17. Section 478. Trade marks
  18. Section 479. Property mark
  19. Section 480. Using a false trade mark
  20. Section 481. Using a false property mark
  21. Section 482. Punishment for using a false property mark
  22. Section 483. Counterfeiting a property mark used by another
  23. Section 484. Counterfeiting a mark used by a public servant
  24. Section 485. Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark
  25. Section 486. Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark
  26. Section 487. Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods
  27. Section 488. Punishment for making use of any such false mark
  28. Section 489. Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury
  29. Section 489A. Counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes
  30. Section 489B. Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes
  31. Section 489C. Possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes
  32. Section 489D. Making or possessing instruments or materials for forgoing or counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes
  33. Section 489E. Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes

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