Legal Provisions of Section 488 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.
Punishment for making use of any such false mark:
This section punishes making use of any such false mark prohibited by the last foregoing section. It states that whoever makes use of any such false mark in any manner prohibited by section 487 shall, unless he proves that he acted without intention to defraud, be punished as if he had committed an offence against that section.
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The section requires that the offender must make use of any such false mark in any manner prohibited by section 487 of the Code. The punishment is the same as stated in section 487, that is to say, simple or rigorous imprisonment for a term extending up to three years, or fine, or both. The accused is exempted from liability if he proves that he acted without intention to defraud.
The offence under this section is non-cognizable, bailable and non-compoundable, and is triable by any magistrate.