BNS Section 185 — Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used
Section 185 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
185. Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used.—Whoever, fraudulently or with intent to cause loss to Government, erases or removes from a stamp issued by Government for the purpose of revenue, any mark, put or impressed upon such stamp for the purpose of denoting that the same has been used, or knowingly has in his possession or sells or disposes of any such stamp from which such mark has been erased or removed, or sells or disposes of any such stamp which he knows to have been used, 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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