BBanaka

BNS: Chapter 10: Of Offences Relating to Coin, Currency-notes, Bank-notes, and - Government Stamps

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  1. Section 178. Counterfeiting coin, Government stamps, currency-notes or bank-notes
  2. Section 179. Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes
  3. Section 180. Possession of forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes
  4. Section 181. Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes
  5. Section 182. Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes
  6. Section 183. Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government
  7. Section 184. Using Government stamp known to have been before used
  8. Section 185. Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used
  9. Section 186. Prohibition of fictitious stamps
  10. Section 187. Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law
  11. Section 188. Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint

Official reference: Ministry of Home Affairs: Gazette text, 25 December 2023 — source link checked: 2 October 2026.Recorded edition / snapshot date: 2024-07-01.Mobile-app reference import; the recorded snapshot date is not a fresh legal-currency guarantee. The linked government text is an independent authoritative reference, not certification that this website reproduces the same edition. The source link was checked, not every provision or subsequent amendment. Check commencement notifications, savings and jurisdiction-specific variations separately.