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Penal Code, 1860 (Act No. XLV of 1860).
counterfeiting any stamp issued by Government for the purpose of revenue, shall
be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend
to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Sale of counterfeit
Government stamp
258. Whoever sells, or offers for sale, any stamp which he knows or has reason
to believe to be a counterfeit of any stamp issued by Government for the
purpose of revenue, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for
a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Having possession of
counterfeit
Government stamp
259. Whoever has in his possession any stamp which he knows to be a
counterfeit of any stamp issued by Government for the purpose of revenue,
intending to use, or dispose of the same as a genuine stamp, or in order that it
may be used as a genuine stamp, shall be punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable
to fine.
260. Whoever uses as genuine any stamp, knowing it to be a counterfeit of any
stamp issued by Government for the purpose of revenue, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years,
or with fine, or with both.
substance bearing
Government stamp,
or removing from
document a stamp
used for it, with
intent to cause loss to
Government
261. Whoever fraudulently or with intent to cause loss to the Government,
removes or effaces from any substance, bearing any stamp issued by Government
for the purpose of revenue, any writing or document for which such stamp has
been used, or removes from any writing or document a stamp which has been
used for such writing or document, in order that such stamp may be used for a
different writing or document, shall be punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with
both.
Using as genuine a
Government stamp
known to be
counterfeit
Effacing writing from
Using Government
stamp known to have
been before used
262. Whoever fraudulently or with intent to cause loss to the Government, uses
for any purpose a stamp issued by Government for the purpose of revenue,
which he knows to have been before used, shall be punished with imprisonment
of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or
with both.
263. Whoever fraudulently or with intent to cause loss to Government, erases or
removes from a stamp issued by Government for the purpose of revenue, any
mark, put or impressed upon such stamp for the purpose of denoting that the
same has been used, or knowingly has in his possession or sells or disposes of
any such stamp from which such mark has been erased or removed, or sells or
disposes of any such stamp which he knows to have been used, shall be
punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
three years, or with fine, or with both.
96[ 263A. (1) Whoever
Erasure of mark
denoting that stamp
has been used
Prohibition of
fictitious stamps
(a) makes, knowingly utters, deals in or sells any fictitious stamp, or knowingly
uses for any postal purpose any fictitious stamp, or
(b) has in his possession, without lawful excuse, any fictitious stamp, or
(c) makes or, without lawful excuse, has in his possession any die, plate,
instrument or materials for making any fictitious stamp,
shall be punished with fine which may extend to two hundred taka.
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