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BNS Section 179: Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 10: Of Offences Relating to Coin, Currency-notes, Bank-notes, and - Government Stamps

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179. Whoever imports or exports, or sells or delivers to, or buys or receives from, any other person, or otherwise traffics or uses as genuine, any forged or counterfeit coin, stamp, currency-note or bank-note, knowing or having reason to believe the same to be forged or counterfeit, shall be punished with 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.

Study: explanations and related material

Replaces IPC 237, IPC 238, IPC 239, IPC 240, IPC 241, IPC 250, IPC 251, IPC 254, IPC 258, IPC 260, IPC 489B. IPC → BNS converterSource: BPR&D BNS–IPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-06-28)

Punishment, bail and trial

179Using as genuine forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp currency-notes or bank-notes.

Punishment
Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine.
Cognizable or not
Cognizable
Bailable or not
Non‑bailable
Triable by
Court of Session

Source: BNSS First Schedule, Gazette of India, 25 December 2023, p. 170. The Schedule gives the substance of the section, not its full definition, and a State may have amended the classification for its territory. See it in the full First Schedule

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