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Section 244 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
244. 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 128[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 241: Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be counterfeit
- Section 376B: Intercourse by public servant with woman in his custody
- Section 216A: Penalty for harboring robbers or dacoits
- Section 289: Negligent conduct with respect to animal
- Section 314: Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage
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