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IPC Section 484 in BNS: Section 347

Counterfeiting a mark used by a public servant

Section 484 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Counterfeiting a mark used by a public servant) corresponds to Section 347 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024. Under the BNSS First Schedule, BNS 347(1) is non-cognizable, bailable, triable by Any Magistrate; punishment: Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.

Bail, cognizability and punishment

SectionOffencePunishmentCognizableBailableTriable by
347(1)Counterfeiting a property mark used by another, with intent to cause damage or injury.Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.Non-cognizableBailableAny Magistrate
347(2)Counterfeiting a property mark used by a public servant, or any mark used by him to denote the manufacture, quality, etc., of any property.Imprisonment for 3 years and fine.Non-cognizableBailableMagistrate of the first class

Source: BNSS, 2023, First Schedule, Part I.

The BNS applies to offences committed on or after 1 July 2024. Offences committed earlier are charged and tried under the IPC.

Text of BNS Section 347

347. (1) Whoever counterfeits any property mark used by any other person shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

(2) Whoever counterfeits any property mark used by a public servant, or any mark used by a public servant to denote that any property has been manufactured by a particular person or at a particular time or place, or that the property is of a particular quality or has passed through a particular office, or that it is entitled to any exemption, or uses as genuine any such mark knowing the same to be counterfeit, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.

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