Section 347 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS

Counterfeiting a property mark.

  1. (1) Whoever counterfeits any property mark used by any other person shall be
    punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years,
    or with fine, or with both.
    (2) Whoever counterfeits any property mark used by a public servant, or any mark
    used by a public servant to denote that any property has been manufactured by a particular
    person or at a particular time or place, or that the property is of a particular quality or has
    passed through a particular office, or that it is entitled to any exemption, or uses as genuine
    any such mark knowing the same to be counterfeit, shall be punished with imprisonment of
    either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.