VidhiSangh

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 488: Punishment for making use of any such false mark

Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024. Use it for offences committed before repeal and other liabilities, investigations or proceedings preserved by BNS section 358; do not use it as the current general penal code.

Chapter XVIII — Of Offences Relating to Documents and to 2****property Marks

488. Whoever makes use of any such false mark in any manner prohibited by the last foregoing section shall, unless he proves that he acted without intent to defraud, be punished as if he had committed an offence against that section.

Source: official text of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.