IPC Section 264: Fraudulent use of false instrument for weighing
Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Chapter 13: Offences relating to Weight and Measures
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS).
Not carried over into BNS. IPC → BNS converter
Whoever fraudulently uses any instrument for weighing which he knows to be false, shall be punished with imprisonment or either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCE
Punishment-Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both-Non-cognizable-Bailable-Triable by any Magistrate-Non-compoundable.
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