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Section 187 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
187. Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law.
Whoever, being employed in any mint lawfully established in India, does any act, or omits what he is legally bound to do, with the intention of causing any coin issued from that mint to be of a different weight or composition from the weight or composition fixed by law, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Related Sections
- Section 180: Possession of forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes
- Section 14: Act done by a person bound, or by mistake of fact believing himself bound, by law
- Section 115: Voluntarily causing hurt
- Section 225: Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant
- Section 133: Assault or criminal force with intent to dishonor person, otherwise than on grave provocation
Related Acts
- New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Act, 2019
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017
- National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Act, 2021
- Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023
- Central Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 2017
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