Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Section 481

IPC 481 in BNS: Section 345(2)

Section 481 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 corresponds to Section 345(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. IPC 481 deals with using a false property mark. BNS 345 brings it together with IPC 479 and 482. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the IPC.

Indian Penal Code

IPC 481 is now BNS 345(2).

Using a false property mark · BNS 345 brings it together with IPC 479 and 482.

Merged
Old wording kept in full
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVIII
s. 481
Using a false property mark
Whoever marks any movable property or goods or any case, package or other receptacle containing movable property or goods, or uses any case, package or other receptacle having any mark thereon, in a manner reasonably calculated to cause it to be believed that the property or goods so marked, or any property or goods contained in any such receptacle so marked, belong to a person to whom they do not belong, is said to use a false property mark.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. XVIII
s. 345(2)of section 345
Property mark.
(2) Whoever marks any movable property or goods or any case, package or other receptacle containing movable property or goods, or uses any case, package or other receptacle having any mark thereon, in a manner reasonably calculated to cause it to be believed that the property or goods so marked, or any property or goods contained in any such receptacle so marked, belong to a person to whom they do not belong, is said to use a false property mark.
Text from India Code

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