Section 264 – Fraudulent use of false instrument for weighing
Section 264 of the Indian Penal Code dealt with the fraudulent use of a weighing instrument that a person knew to be false. The provision was intended to protect buyers and sellers from dishonest weighing practices in commercial transactions. To establish the offence, fraudulent use and knowledge that the instrument was false were important elements. With the replacement of the IPC by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, similar conduct must now be considered under the applicable provisions of the new criminal law and other relevant weights-and-measures legislation.
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