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Section 264 IPC — Fraudulent use of false instrument for weighing

Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Official PDF page 108

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264. Fraudulent use of false instrument for weighing.--Whoever, fraudulently uses any instrument for weighing which he knows to be false, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.

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