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Section 231

Counterfeiting coin

Section

Section Number

231

Chapter

Act

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Year

Counterfeiting coin

Counterfeiting coin

Counterfeiting coin.

231. Whoever counterfeits or knowingly performs any part of the process of counterfeiting coin, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Explanation : A person commits this offence who intending to practise deception, or knowing it to be likely that deception will thereby be practised, causes a genuine coin to appear like a different coin.

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