Section 278: Prohibition of making instrument for making forged document

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1) No person shall make, repair, purchase, exchange or possess any seal or other instrument for making a forged document, with the intention of using it in establishing or making a forged document, or knowingly or having a reasonable reason to believe that it may be used in such act.

2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding four years and a fine not exceeding forty thousand rupees.

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