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CHAPTER XII OF OFFENCES RELATING TO COIN AND GOVERNMENT STAMPS

Section 238: Import or export of counterfeits of the Indian coin

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.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, which he knows or has reason to believe to be a counterfeit of 2[Indian coin], shall be punished with 3[Imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.The words “British India” have successively been subs. by the A. O. 1948, the A. O. 1950 and Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch., to read as above.
  2. 2.Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for “the Queen’s coin”
  3. 3.Subs. by Act 26 of 1955, s. 117 and the Sch., for “transportation for life” (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).

Now in the BNS

As given in the official comparison tables of the Bureau of Police Research and Development and the Allahabad High Court (the NCRB table has no row for it). Read both texts before relying on it.

IPC 238BNS 179

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