IPC Section 479: Property mark
Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Chapter 18: Offences relating to Documents and Property Marks
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS).
A mark used for denoting that moveable property belongs to a particular person is called a property mark.
Bare act text for reference, current to 30 June 2024. It is not legal advice; check the official gazette for authoritative text.
Other sections in this chapter
- 463. Forgery
- 464. Making a false document
- 465. Punishment for forgery
- 466. Forgery of record of court or of public register, etc
- 467. Forgery of valuable security, will, etc
- 468. Forgery for purpose of cheating
- 469. Forgery for purpose of harming reputation
- 470. Forged document or electronic record
- 471. Using as genuine a forged document or electronic record
- 472. Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 467
- 473. Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable otherwise
- 474. Having possession of document described in Section 466 or 467, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine
- 475. Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in Section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material
- 476. Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents other than those described in section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material
- 477. Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security
- 477A. Falsification of accounts
- 478. Trade marks
- 480. Using a false trade mark
- 481. Using a false property mark
- 482. Punishment for using a false property mark
- 483. Counterfeiting a property mark used by another
- 484. Counterfeiting a mark used by a public servant
- 485. Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark
- 486. Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark
- 487. Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods
- 488. Punishment for making use of any such false mark
- 489. Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury
- 489A. Counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes
- 489B. Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes
- 489C. Possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes
- 489D. Making or possessing instruments or materials for forgoing or counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes
- 489E. Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes