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CHAPTER XII OF OFFENCES RELATING TO COIN AND GOVERNMENT STAMPS

Section 247: Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of 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The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.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 fraudulently or dishonestly performs on 1[any Indian coin] any operation which diminishes the weight or alters the composition of that coin, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for “any of the 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 247BNS 178

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