Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Section 267

IPC 267 in BNS: no corresponding section

Section 267 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 was not carried into the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023: no BNS section corresponds to it. IPC 267 deals with making or selling false weight or measure. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the IPC. Its full text is set out below.

Indian Penal Code

IPC 267 has no counterpart in the BNS.

Making or selling false weight or measure · It was not carried into the 2023 code.

Dropped
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XIII
s. 267
Making or selling false weight or measure
Whoever makes, sells or disposes of any instrument for weighing, or any weight, or any measure of length or capacity which he knows to be false, in order that the same may be used as true, or knowing that the same is likely to be used as true, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
Text from the official India Code PDF
Old classification · CrPC First Schedule, for IPC 267
CognizableCognizable
BailableNon-bailable
PunishmentImprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.
Triable byAny Magistrate.
For an offence under the BNS, check the First Schedule of the BNSS.
Judgments on s. 267 IPCSource: NCRB section table
IPC 266 · Being in possession of false weight or measureIPC 268 · Public nuisance

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