PPC § 485 — Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a trade mark or

Statutory text (English)

property mark. Whoever makes or has in his possession any die, plate or other instrument for the
purpose of counterfeiting a trade mark or property mark, or has in his possession a trade mark or
property mark for the purpose of denoting that any goods are the manufacture or merchandise of a
person whose manufacture or merchandise they are not, or that they belong to a person to whom they
do not belong, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend
to three years, or with fine, or with both.

Source and verification

Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.485: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 167, 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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• Date not confirmed: Consolidated current text as published in the official Pakistan Code PDF (p. 167) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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