VidhiSangh

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 489: Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury

Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024.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

489. Whoever removes, destroys, defaces or adds to any property mark, intending or knowing it to be likely that he may thereby cause injury to any person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.] Of currency-notes and bank-notes

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