Section 266 IPC Being In possession of false weight or measure

Section 266 of Indian Penal Code 1860: Being In possession of false weight or measure

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.

Indian Penal Code 1860

Section 261 Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government

Section 262 Using Government stamp known to have been before used

Section 263 Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used

Section 263A Prohibition of fictitious stamps

Section 264 Fraudulent use of false instrument for weighing

Section 265 Fraudulent use of false weight or measure

Section 266 Being In possession of false weight or measure

Section 267 Making or selling false weight or measure

Section 268 Public nuisance

Section 269 Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life

Section 270 Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life

Section 271 Disobedience to quarantine rule