VidhiSangh

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 232: Counterfeiting Indian coin

Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024. Use it for offences committed before repeal and other liabilities, investigations or proceedings preserved by BNS section 358; do not use it as the current general penal code.

Chapter XII — Of Offences Relating to Coin and Government Stamps

232. Whoever counterfeits, or knowingly performs any part of the process of counterfeiting Indian coin], 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.

Source: official text of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.