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179. Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes.
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.
Legal Notes & Explanations: While section 179 of BNS penalises counterfeit currency, researchers searching 179 of BNSS should note the distinction: 179 BNSS governs police diary procedures under BNSS. Unlike 179 of BNSS, section 179 BNS is a substantive penal offence; 179 BNSS (section 179 of BNSS) is purely procedural under 179 BNSS, distinguishing 179 of BNSS from section 179 BNS under 179.
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