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Penalty for counter jetting 01 defacmg marks on trees and for alteri11g boundary marks.-\Vhoever, wtth mtent to cause damage or inJUI)' to the pubhc or any person 01 to cause wrongful gam as defined m the lndtan Penal Code- (a) knowmgly counterfeits upon any umber 01 standing ttee a mark used by Forest Officers to mdtcate that such timber or tree is the property of the Government or some person, or that it may lawfully be cut or removed by some person ; 01 (b) unlawfully aflixes to any ttmbet 01 standing tree a mark used by Forest Officers; or (c) alters, defaces or obliterates any mark placed on any trmber or standmg tree by 01 under the authouty of a Forest Officer ; or (d) alters, moves, dest10ys or defaces any boundary ma1 k of any forest 01 any land to which any provtstons of thts Act apply, ~ shall be punished wtth Imprisonment for a term whtch may extend to "' two years, or with fine wh1ch may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.