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Section 179 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
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.
Related Sections
- Section 45: Abetment of a thing
- Section 229: Punishment for false evidence
- Section 260: Intentional omission to apprehend on part of public servant bound to apprehend person under sentence or lawfully committed
- Section 181: Making or Possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes
- Section 115: Voluntarily causing hurt
Related Acts
- Consumer Protection Act, 2019
- National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Act, 2019
- Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017
- Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Act, 2019
- Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020
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