BNS 185Chapter X · Of Offences Relating to Coin, Currency-notes, Bank-notes, and Government StampsWas IPC 263
Section 185 · Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used
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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.
The offence at a glance
- Punishment
- up to 3 years, fine (no stated ceiling)
- Cognizable
- Cognizable
- Bailable
- Bailable
- Compoundable
- Not compoundable
- Triable by
- Magistrate of the first class
- Cognizable — Police may arrest without a warrant
- Bailable — Bail is your right — it can be granted at the police station
From the First Schedule to the BNSS (the CrPC's, for IPC offences)
Under the old law
BNS 185IPC 263
263. Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used
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