Prohibition of fictitious stamps criminalizes making, possessing, or using counterfeit postal stamps with seizure and forfeiture. Prohibition of fictitious stamps makes it an offence to make, utter, deal in, sell, or knowingly use any fictitious stamp for postal purposes, and to possess without lawful excuse any such stamp or any die, plate, instrument or materials for making it; such items may be seized and forfeited. A 'fictitious stamp' is any stamp falsely purporting to be issued by Government to denote postage, or any facsimile, imitation or representation of such a stamp; 'Government' for these purposes includes persons authorised to administer executive Government in India or abroad.
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Prohibition of fictitious stamps criminalizes making, possessing, or using counterfeit postal stamps with seizure and forfeiture.
Prohibition of fictitious stamps makes it an offence to make, utter, deal in, sell, or knowingly use any fictitious stamp for postal purposes, and to possess without lawful excuse any such stamp or any die, plate, instrument or materials for making it; such items may be seized and forfeited. A "fictitious stamp" is any stamp falsely purporting to be issued by Government to denote postage, or any facsimile, imitation or representation of such a stamp; "Government" for these purposes includes persons authorised to administer executive Government in India or abroad.
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