484. Counterfeiting a mark used by a public servant: 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.
485. Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a trade mark or
property mark: Whoever makes or has in his possession any die, plate or other
instrument for the purpose of counterfeiting a trade mark or property mark, or has in his
possession a trade mark or property mark for the purpose of denoting that any goods are
the manufacture or merchandise of a person whose manufacture or merchandise they are
not, or that they belong to a person to whom they do not belong, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine,
or with both.
486. Selling goods marked with a counterfeit trade mark or property mark : Whoever
sells, or exposes, or has in possession for sale or any purpose of trade or manufacture,
any goods or thing with a counterfeit trade mark or property mark affixed to or impressed
upon the same or to or upon any case, package or other receptacle in which such goods
are contained, shall, unless he proves.
(a) that, having taken all reasonable precautions against committing an offence against
this section, he had at the time of the commission of the alleged offence no reason to
suspect the genuineness of the mark and
(b) that, on demand made by or on behalf of the prosecutor, he gave all the information in
his power with respect to the persons from whom he obtained such goods or things, or
(c) that otherwise he had acted innocently,
be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one
year, or with fine. or with both.
487. Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods : Whoever makes
any false mark upon any case, package or other receptacle containing goods, in a manner
reasonably calculated to cause any public servant or any other person to believe that such
receptacle contains goods which it does not contain or that it does not contain goods
which it does contain, or that the goods contained in such receptacle are of a nature or
quality different from the real nature or quality thereof, shall, unless he proves that he
acted without intent to defraud, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a
term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.