Whoever fraudulently uses any false weight or false measure of length or capacity, or fraudulently uses any weight or any measure of length or capacity as a different weight or measure from what it is, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
Section history
Section 265
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 265 — Original text to 1 January 2020superseded
[Indian PC 1860, s. 265]
Section 265 — From 1 January 2020 (current)repealed by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
[Repealed by Act 15 of 2019 wef 01/01/2020]