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(1) Whoever- (i) counterfeits any seal specified by or under this Act or the rules made thereunder, or (ii) seIls or otherwise disposes of any counterfeit seal, or (iii) possesses any counterfeit seal, or (iv) counterfeits or removes or tampers with any stamp, specified by or under this Act or rules made thereunder, or (v) affixes the stamp so removed on, or inserts the same into, any other weight or measure, shaH be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to one year and for the second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to tive years. Explanation.-In this sub-section, "counterfeit" shall have the meaning assigned to it in section 28 of the Indian Penal Code. (2) Whoever obtains, by unlawful means, any seal specified by or under this Act or the rules made thereunder and uses, or'eauses to be used, any such seal for making any stamp on any weight or measure with a vi~':Vto representing that the stamp made by such seal is autl10rised by or under this Act or the rules made thereunder shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to one year and for the second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months hut which may extend to five years. (3) Whoever, being in lawful possession ofa seal specified by or under this Act or the rules made thereunder, uses, or causes to be used, such seal without any lawful authority for such use, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to one year and for the second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to five years. (4) Whoever sells or offers or exposes for sale or otherwise disposes of any weight or measure which, he knows or has reason to believe, bears thereon a counterfeit stamp, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to one year and for the second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to five years.