BNS Section 183 — Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government
Section 183 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
183. Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government.—Whoever, fraudulently or with intent to cause loss to the Government, removes or effaces from any substance, bearing any stamp issued by Government for the purpose of revenue, any writing or document for which such stamp has been used, or removes from any writing or document a stamp which has been used for such writing or document, in order that such stamp may be used for a different writing or document, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both. ¶
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