BBanaka

IPC: Chapter 12: Offences relating to coin and Government Stamps

Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS).

  1. Section 230. Coin defined
  2. Section 231. Counterfeiting coin
  3. Section 232. Counterfeiting Indian coin
  4. Section 233. Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting coin
  5. Section 234. Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Indian coin
  6. Section 235. Possession of instrument, or material for the purpose of using the same for counterfeiting coin
  7. Section 236. Abetting in India the counterfeiting out of India of coin
  8. Section 237. Import or export of counterfeit coin
  9. Section 238. Import or export of counterfeits of the India coin
  10. Section 239. Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit
  11. Section 240. Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit
  12. Section 241. Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be counterfeit
  13. Section 242. Possession of counterfeit coin by person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof
  14. Section 243. Possession of Indian coin by person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof
  15. Section 244. Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law
  16. Section 245. Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint
  17. Section 246. Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of coin
  18. Section 247. Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of Indian coin
  19. Section 248. Altering appearance of coin with intent that it shall pass as coin of different description
  20. Section 249. Altering appearance of Indian coin with intent that it shall pass as coin of different description
  21. Section 250. Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered
  22. Section 251. Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered
  23. Section 252. Possession of coin by person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof
  24. Section 253. Possession of Indian coin by person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof
  25. Section 254. Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be altered
  26. Section 255. Counterfeiting Government stamp
  27. Section 256. Having possession of instrument or material for counterfeiting Government stamp
  28. Section 257. Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Government stamp
  29. Section 259. Having possession of counterfeit Government stamp
  30. Section 260. Using as genuine a Government stamp known to be a counterfeit
  31. Section 261. Effacing, writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government
  32. Section 262. Using Government stamp known to have been before used
  33. Section 263. Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used
  34. Section 263A. Prohibition of fictitious stamps

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