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Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 235: Possession of instrument or material for the purpose of using the same for counterfeiting 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Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024.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

235. Whoever is in possession of any instrument or material, for the purpose of using the same for counterfeiting coin, or knowing or having reason to believe that the same is intended to be used for that purpose, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine; if Indian coin.

if Indian coin.--and if the coin to be counterfeited is Indian coin], shall be punished 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.