BNS Section 184 — Using Government stamp known to have been before used
Section 184 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Using Government stamp known to have been before used”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
184. Using 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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