Legal Provisions of Section 489 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.
Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury:
Tampering with property mark with the intention of causing injury has been punished under this section. It states that whoever either removes, destroys, defaces or adds to any property mark either with the intention of causing injury to any person or with the knowledge that it is likely that he may thereby cause injury to any person, shall be punished with simple or rigorous imprisonment for a term extending up to one year, or with fine, or with both.
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ADVERTISEMENTS:
The section requires that the offender must remove, destroy, deface or add to any property mark. This must be done either with the intention of causing injury to any person, or with the knowledge that it is likely that he may thereby cause injury. It has been held that removing the name of the author from his books cannot constitute an offence under this section.
The offence under this section is non-cognizable, bailable and non-compoundable, and is triable by any magistrate.
Of Currency-Notes and Bank-Notes
ADVERTISEMENTS:
This last part of the chapter on offences relating to documents and to property marks is concerned with currency-notes and bank-notes. It is dealt with under five sections in all, sections 489-A to 489-E, both inclusive. While sections 489-A to 489-D were added in the Code by the Currency-Notes Forgery Act, 1899, section 489-E was added in the Code by the Indian Penal Code (Amendment) Act, 1943.