Indian Penal Code 1860
Section 266 :
Being in possession of false weight or measure:
Classification of Offence:
Offence: Being in possession of false weights or measures for fraudulent use.
Punishment :Imprisonment for 1 years, or fine, or both.
Cognizable or Non-cognizable :Non-cognizable
Bailable or Non-bailable :Bailable.
Compoundable or Non-compoundable : Non-compoundable
By Which Court Triable :Any Magistrate.
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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.
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1. The word “and” omitted by Act 42 of 1953, s. 4 and the Third Sch.
