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Start Free TrialIndian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 241
Title: Delivery of Coin as Genuine, Which, when First Possessed, the Deliverer Did Not Know to Be Counterfeit
State: Central
Year: 1860
Whoever delivers to any other person as genuine, or attempts to induce any other person to receive as genuine, any counterfeit coin which he knows to be counterfeit, but which he did not know to be counterfeit at the time when he took it into his possession, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine to an amount which may extend to ten times the value of the coin counterfeited, or with both. Illustration A, a coiner, delivers counterfeit Company's rupees to his accomplice B, for the purpose of uttering them. B sells the rupees to C, another utterer, who buys them knowing them to be counterfeit. C pays away the rupees for goods to D, who receives them, not knowing them to be counterfeit. D, after receiving the rupees, discovers that they are counterfeit and pays them away as if they were good. Here D is punishable only under this section, but B and C are punishable under section 239 or 240, as the case may be.
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Title: Penalty for Counterfeiting of Seals, Etc.
State: Central
Year: 2009
.....counterfeit seal, or (iii) possesses any counterfeit seal, or (iv) counterfeits or removes or tampers with any stamp, specified by or under this Act or rules made thereunder, or (v) affixes the stamp so removed on, or inserts the same into, any other weight or measure, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to one year and for the second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to five years. Explanation.--In this sub-section, "counterfeit" shall have the meaning assigned to it in section 28 of the Indian Penal Code(45 of 1860). (2) Whoever obtains, by unlawful means, any seal specified by or under this Act or the rules made thereunder and uses, or causes to be used, any such seal for making any stamp on any weight or measure with a view to representing that the stamp made by such seal is authorised by or under this Act or the rules made thereunder shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to one year and for the second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 242
Title: Possession of Counterfeit Coin by Person Who Knew It to Be Counterfeit when He Became Possessed Thereof
State: Central
Year: 1860
Whoever, fraudulently or with intent that fraud may be committed, is in possession of counterfeit coin, having known at the time when he became possessed thereof that such coin was counterfeit, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 255
Title: Counterfeiting Government Stamp
State: Central
Year: 1860
Whoever counterfeits, or knowingly performs any part of the process of counterfeiting, any stamp issued by Government for the purpose of revenue, shall be punished with 1 [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. Explanation.--A person commits this offence who counterfeits by causing a genuine stamp of one denomination to appear like a genuine stamp of a different denomination. ______________________ 1 . Substituted by Act 26 of 1955, section 117 and Schedule, for "transportation for life" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 475
Title: Counterfeiting Device or Mark Used for Authenticating Documents Described in Section 467, or Possessing Counterfeit Marked Material
State: Central
Year: 1860
Whoever counterfeits upon, or in the substance of, any material, any device or mark used for the purpose of authenticating any document described in Section 467 of this Code, intending that such device or mark shall be used for the purpose of giving the appearance of authenticity to any document then forged or thereafter to be forged on such material, or who, with such intent, has in his possession any material upon or in the substance of which any such device or mark has been counterfeited, shall be punished with1[imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 26 of 1955, section 117 and Schedule, for "transportation for life" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 476
Title: Counterfeiting Device or Mark Used for Authenticating Documents Other Than Those Described in Section 467, or Possessing Counterfeit Marked Material
State: Central
Year: 1860
Whoever counterfeits upon, or in the substance of, any material, any device or mark used for the purpose of authenticating1[any document or electronic record] other than the documents described in section 467 of this Code, intending that such device or mark shall be used for the purpose of giving the appearance of authenticity to any document then forged or thereafter to be forged on such material, or who, with such intent, has in his possession any material upon or in the substance of which any such device or mark has been counterfeited, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 21 of 2000, section 91, and Schedule I, for "any document" (w.e.f. 17-10-2000).
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 484
Title: Counterfeiting a Mark Used by a Public Servant
State: Central
Year: 1860
1 [484. Counterfeiting a mark used by a public servant Whoever counterfeits any property mark used by a public servant, or any mark used by a public servant to denote that any property has been manufactured by a particular person or at a particular time or place, or that the property is of a particular quality or has passed through a particular office, or that it is entitled to any exemption, or uses as genuine any such mark knowing the same to be counterfeited, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.] ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 4 of 1889, section 3, for the original section 484.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 489A
Title: Counterfeiting Currency-notes or Bank-notes
State: Central
Year: 1860
1 [489A. Counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes Whoever counterfeits, or knowingly performs any part of the process of counterfeiting, any currency-note or bank-note, shall be punished with 2 [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. Explanation.--For the purposes of this section and of sections 489B, 3 [489C, 489D and 489E], the expression "bank-note" means a promissory note or engagement for the payment of money to bearer on demand issued by any person carrying on the business of banking in any part of the world, or issued by or under the authority of any State or Sovereign Power, and intended to be used as equivalent to, or as a substitute for money.] ________________________ 1. Added by Act 12 of 1899, section 2. 2. Substituted by Act 26 of 1955, section 117 and Schedule, for "transportation for life" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956). 3. Substituted by Act 35 of 1950, section 3 and Schedule II, for "489C and 489D".
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 489B
Title: Using as Genuine, Forged or Counterfeit Currency-notes or Bank-notes
State: Central
Year: 1860
1 [489B. Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes Whoever sells to, or buys or receives from, any other person, or otherwise traffics in or uses as genuine, any forged or counterfeit currency-note or bank-note, knowing or having reason to believe the same to be forged or counterfeit, shall be punished with 2 [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.] ________________________ 1. Added by Act 12 of 1899, section 2. 2. Substituted by Act 26 of 1955, section 117 and Schedule, for "transportation for life" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 489C
Title: Possession of Forged or Counterfeit Currency-notes or Bank-notes
State: Central
Year: 1860
1 [489C. Possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes Whoever has in his possession any forged or counterfeit currency-note or bank-note, knowing or having reason to believe the same to be forged or counterfeit and intending to use the same as genuine or that it may be used as genuine, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.] ________________________ 1. Added by Act 12 of 1899, section 2.
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