LawgistThe Indian Penal Code
262Using Government stamp known to have been before used
Whoever, fraudulently or with intent to cause loss to the Government, uses for any purpose a stamp issued by Government for the purpose of revenue, which he knows to have been before used, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
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OF OFFENCES RELATING TO COIN AND GOVERNMENT STAMPS
- 230 "Coin" defined
- 231 Counterfeiting coin
- 232 Counterfeiting Indian coin
- 233 Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting coin
- 234 Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Indian coin
- 235 Possession of instrument or material for the purpose of using the same for counterfeiting coin: if Indian coin
- 236 Abetting in India the counterfeiting out of India of coin
- 237 Import or export of counterfeit coin
- 238 Import or export of counterfeits of the Indian coin
- 239 Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit
- 240 Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit
- 241 Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be counterfeit
- 242 Possession of counterfeit coin by person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof
- 243 Possession of Indian coin by person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof
- 244 Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law
- 245 Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint
- 246 Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of coin
- 247 Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of Indian coin
- 248 Altering appearance of coin with intent that it shall pass as coin of different description
- 249 Altering appearance of Indian coin with intent that it shall pass as coin of different description
- 250 Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered
- 251 Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered
- 252 Possession of coin by person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof
- 253 Possession of Indian coin by person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof
- 254 Delivery of coin as genuine which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be altered
- 255 Counterfeiting Government stamp
- 256 Having possession of instrument or material for counterfeiting Government stamp
- 257 Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Government stamp
- 258 Sale of counterfeit Government stamp
- 259 Having possession of counterfeit Government stamp
- 260 Using as genuine a Government stamp known to be counterfeit
- 261 Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government
- 262 Using Government stamp known to have been before used
- 263 Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used
- 263A Prohibition of fictitious stamps
