PPC § 263 — Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used

Statutory text (English)

Whoever fraudulently or with
intent to cause loss to Government, erases or removes from a stamp issued by Government for the
purpose of revenue, any mark, put or impressed upon such stamp for the purpose of denoting that the
same has been used, or knowingly has in his possession or sells or disposes of any such stamp from
which such mark has been erased or removed, or sells or disposes of any such stamp which he knows
to have been used, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to three years, or with fine or with both.
1[263A.Prohibition of fictitious stamps.—

(1) Whoever—
(a) makes, knowingly utters, deals in or sells any fictitious stamp, or knowingly
uses for any postal purpose any fictitious stamp, or
(b) has in his possession, without lawful excuse, any fictitious stamp, or
(c) makes or, without lawful excuse, has in his possession any die, plate, instrument
or materials for making any fictitious stamp,
shall be punished with fine which may extend to 2[six hundred rupees].

(2) Any such stamp, die, plate, instrument or materials in the possession of any person for
making any fictitious stamp may be seized and shall be forfeited.

(3) In this section “fictitious stamp” means any stamp falsely purporting to be issued by
Government for the purpose of denoting a rate of postage or any facsimile or imitation or representation, whether on paper or otherwise, of any stamp issued by Government for that purpose.

(4) In this section and also in sections 255 to 263, both inclusive, the word "Government"
when used in connection with, or in reference to, any stamp issued for the purpose of denoting a rate
of postage, shall, notwithstanding anything in section 17, be deemed to include the person or persons
authorised by law to administer executive government in any part of 1[Pakistan], and also 2[* * *] in
any foreign country.]

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Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.263: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 96, 97, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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