BNS Section 187: Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter 10: Of Offences Relating to Coin, Currency-notes, Bank-notes, and
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187. Whoever, being employed in any mint lawfully established in India, does any act, or omits what he is legally bound to do, with the intention of causing any coin issued from that mint to be of a different weight or composition from the weight or composition fixed by law, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Bare act text for reference, current to 1 July 2024. It is not legal advice; check the official gazette for authoritative text.
Other sections in this chapter
- 178. Counterfeiting coin, Government stamps, currency-notes or bank-notes
- 179. Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes
- 180. Possession of forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes
- 181. Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes
- 182. Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes
- 183. Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government
- 184. Using Government stamp known to have been before used
- 185. Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used
- 186. Prohibition of fictitious stamps
- 188. Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint