Section 99: Penalty for applying false trade description, etc

99. Penalty for applying false trade description, etc.___Any person who___ (a) applies any false trade description to goods or services; ___ (b) applies to any goods to which an indication of the country or place in which they were made or produced or the name and address of manufacturer or person for whom the goods are manufactured is required to be applied under section 126, a false indication of such country, place, name or address; (c) tampers with, alters or effaces an indication of origin which has been applied to any goods to which it is required to be applied under section 126; or (d) causes any of the aforementioned things to be done, shall, unless he proves that he acted without intent to defraud, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than three months but which may extend to two years, or with fine which shall not be less than fifty thousand rupees, or with both.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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