VidhiSangh

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 489C: Possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank- notes

Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024.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 XVIII — Of Offences Relating to Documents and to 2****property Marks

489C. Whoever has in his possession any forged or counterfeit currency-note or bank-note, knowing or having reason to believe the same to be forged or counterfeit and intending to use the same as genuine or that it may be used as genuine, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.

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