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CHAPTER XII OF OFFENCES RELATING TO COIN AND GOVERNMENT STAMPS

Section 240: Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

Whoever, having any counterfeit coin, which is a counterfeit of 1[Indian coin], and which, at the time when he became possessed of it, he knew to be a counterfeit of 1[Indian coin], fraudulently or with intent that fraud may be committed, delivers the same to any person, or attempts to induce any person to receive it, shall be punished 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.Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for “Queen’s coin”.

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 240BNS 179

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