BNS · Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section 179 — Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes.
Replaces IPC Section 237 to 241, 250, 251, 254, 258, 260, 489B.
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.
Nearby sections
- 176 Illegal payments in connection with an election.
- 177 Failure to keep election accounts.
- 178 Counterfeiting coin, Government stamps, 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.
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