Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
Chapter 10
Offences relating to Coin, Currency-Notes, Bank-Notes, & Govt. Stamps
Chapter 10 Overview
This chapter of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita focuses on Offences relating to Coin, Currency-Notes, Bank-Notes, & Govt. Stamps. It contains 11 sections that provide detailed legal provisions, definitions, procedures, and regulations related to this specific area of law.
Each section within this chapter addresses specific aspects of Offences relating to Coin, Currency-Notes, Bank-Notes, & Govt. Stamps, providing clarity on legal requirements, obligations, rights, and procedures. These provisions are designed to ensure proper implementation and understanding of the law in this domain.
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Section 178
Counterfeiting coin, Government stamps, currency-notes or bank-notes
Section 179
Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes
Section 180
Possession of forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-note
Section 181
Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes
Section 182
Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes
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
Section 184
Using Government stamp known to have been before used
Section 185
Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used
Section 186
Prohibition of fictitious stamps
Section 187
Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law
Section 188
Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint