Legal provisions regarding Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents other than those described in Section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material under section 476 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.
Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents other than those described in Section 467, or possessing counterfeit marked material:
“Whoever counterfeits upon, or in the substance of, any material, any device or mark used for the purpose of authenticating any document or electronic record other than the documents described in Section 467 of this Code, intending that such device or mark shall be used for the purpose of giving the appearance of authenticity to any document then forged or thereafter to be forged on such material, or who, with such intent, has in his possession any material upon or in the substance of which any such device or mark has been counterfeited, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.”
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ADVERTISEMENTS:
Section 476 is similar to Section 475. The only difference is that the document, the counterfeit of which is made punishable under Section 476, is any document other than the documents mentioned in Section 467 of the Code and the punishment is not so severe.
The offence under Section 476 is non-cognizable, and warrant should issue. It is non-bailable, non-compoundable and is triable by a Magistrate of the first class.