CHAPTER XII OF OFFENCES RELATING TO COIN AND GOVERNMENT STAMPS
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)
Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.
Whoever imports into 1[India], or exports therefrom, any counterfeit coin, knowing or having reason to believe that the same is counterfeit, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.
As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table
| 237. Import or export of counterfeit coin. 238. Import or export of counterfeits of the Indian coin. 239. Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit. 240. Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit. 241. Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be counterfeit. 250. Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered. 251. Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered. 254. Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be altered. 258. Sale of counterfeit Government stamp. 260. Using as genuine a Government stamp known to be counterfeit. 489B. Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes. | BNS 179 |