THE INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
CONTENTS
OF OFFENCES RELATING TO WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
264 Fraudulent use of false
instrument for weighing
265. Fraudulent
use of false weight or measure
266. Being in
possession of false weight or measure
267. Making
or selling false weight or measure
CHAPTER XIII
OF OFFENCES
RELATING TO WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
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 or
either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or
with both.
265. Fraudulent
use of false weight or measure: - Whoever fraudulently uses nay false weight or
false measure of length or capacity, or fraudulently uses any weight or any
measure of length or capacity as different weight or measure form what it is,
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
266. Being
in possession of false weight or measure: --Whoever is in possession of any instrument for
weighing, or of any weight, or of any measure of length or capacity, which he
knows to be false, 1[* * *]
intending that the same may be fraudulently used, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or
with fine, or with both.
1. The word “and”
omitted by Act 42 of 1953, sec.4 and sch.III.
267. Making
or selling false weight or measure: -- Whoever makes, sells or disposes of any
instrument for weighing, or any weight, or any measure of length of capacity
which he knows to be false, in order that the same may be used as true, or
knowing that the same is likely to be used as true, 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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