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Coinage Act, 2011, (Central) Complete Act - Bare Act

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Act Info:
Preamble - THE COINAGE ACT, 2011
Chapter I - PRELIMINARY
Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section 2 - Definitions
Chapter II - ESTABLISHMENT OF MINTS
Section 3 - Power to establish and abolish Mints
Chapter III - COINAGE
Section 4 - Denominations, dimensions, designs and composition of coins
Section 5 - Standard weight and remedy
Section 6 - Coin when a legal tender
Section 7 - Decimal system of coinage
Section 8 - Power to call in coin
Chapter IV - DIMINISHED, DEFACED AND COUNTERFEIT COINS
Section 9 - Power to certain persons to cut, diminished or defaced coins
Section 10 - Power to certain persons to cut counterfeit coins
Section 11 - Power of Mint to delegate its functions
Chapter V - OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
Section 12 - Prohibition of making or melting or destruction of coins
Section 13 - Penalty for contravention of section 12
Section 14 - Prohibition and penalty for unlawful making, issue or possession of pieces of metal to be used as money
Section 15 - Prohibition and penalty for bringing metal piece for use as coin
Section 16 - Offences by companies
Chapter VI - MISCELLANEOUS
Section 17 - Forfeiture
Section 18 - Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 not to apply to offences under this Act
Section 19 - Offences to be cognizable, bailable and non
Section 20 - Amendment of Act 2 of 1934
Section 21 - Offences may be tried summarily
Section 22 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section 23 - Power to remove difficulties
Section 24 - Power to make rules
Section 25 - Rules to be laid before Parliament
Section 26 - Saving of making other coins at Mints
Section 27 - Repeal and savings
Section 28 - Continuance of existing coins


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