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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 246

Title: Fraudulently or Dishonestly Diminishing Weight or Altering Composition of Coin

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever fraudulently or dishonestly performs on any coin any operation which diminishes the weight or alters the composition of that coin, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine. Explanation.--A person who scoops out part of the coin and puts anything else into the cavity alters the composition of that coin.

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 247

Title: Fraudulently or Dishonestly Diminishing Weight or Altering Composition of Indian Coin

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever fraudulently ordishonestly performs on 1 [anyIndian coin] any operation which diminishes the weight or alters thecomposition of that coin, shall be punished with imprisonment of eitherdescription for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also beliable to fine. ______________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "any of the Queen's coin".

Indian Council Act, 1874 Section 2

Title: Number of Members of Council May. Be Subsequently Diminished

State: Central

Year: 1874

.....of the Governor General of India to five, by abstaining so long as she shall deem proper from filling up any vacancy or vacancies occurring in the offices of the ordinary members of the said Council appointed under section 3 of "The Indian Councils Act, 1861," and under section8 of the Act of the thirty-second and thirty-third years of Her present Majesty, chapter ninety-seven, not being a vacancy in the office of the ordinary member of-Council required by law to be a barrister or a member of the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland: and whenever the Secretary of State for India shall have informed the Governor General of India that it is not the intention of Her Majesty to fill up any vacancy, no temporary appointment shall be made to such vacancy under section 27 of The Indian Councils Act, 1861," and if any such temporary appointment shall have been made previously to the receipt of such information, the tenure of office of the person temporarily appointed shall cease and determine from the time of the receipt of such information by the Governor General.

Indian Coinage Act, 1906 Section 16

Title: Power to Certain Persons to Cut Diminished or Defaced Silver Coins

State: Central

Year: 1906

Where any silver coin which has been coined and issued under the authority of the Central Government is tendered to any person authorised by the Central Government {The words "or by the L.G." were rep. by the A, O.1937} to act under this section, and such person has reason to believe that the coin (a) has been diminished in weight so as to be more than such percentage below standard weight as may be prescribed as the limit of reasonable wear, or (b) has been defaced, he shall, by himself or another, cut or break the coin.

Coinage Act, 2011, (Central) Chapter IV

Title: Diminished, Defaced and Counterfeit Coins

State: Central

Year: 2011

Chapter IV DIMINISHED, DEFACED AND COUNTERFEIT COINS

Coinage Act, 2011, (Central) Section 9

Title: Power to Certain Persons to Cut, Diminished or Defaced Coins

State: Central

Year: 2011

(1) Where any coin which has been minted and issued by or under the authority of the Government is tendered to any person authorised by it to act under this section, and such person has reason to believe that the coin-- (a) has been diminished in weight so as to be more than such per cent, below standard weight as provided in section 5; or (b) has been defaced, he shall, by himself or through another person, cut or break the coin. (2) A person cutting or breaking coin under the provisions of clause (a) of sub-section (1) shall receive and pay for the coin at its face value. (3) A person cutting or breaking coin under the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall observe the following procedure, namely:-- (a) if such person has reason to believe, that the coin has been fraudulently defaced, he shall return the pieces to the person tendering the coin, who shall bear the loss caused by such cutting or breaking; (b) if such person has reason to believe, that the coin has not been fraudulently defaced, he shall receive and pay for the coin at its face value.

Coinage Act, 1906 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1906

.....Necessary steps will be taken to ensure security. The existing Act, namely, the Coinage Act. 1906 does not specifically provide for the manufacture and import of coins from outside the Country. Hence it is proposed to amend the Coinage Act, 1906 so as to facilitate the coining and import of coins from outside the country. 2. This Bill seeks to achieve the above object. Gaz.. of Ind" 13 -5-1985, Pt. II, S, 2, Ext., P. 2 (No. 27). An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Coinage and the Mint. Whereas it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to Coinage and the Mint; It is hereby enacted as follows:- PRELIMINARY 2 SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE AND EXTENT (1) This Act may he called the1[* * * *] Coinage Act, 1906; and 2[2 It extends to the whole of India3[* * * *].] SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (a) "deface", with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, includes clipping, filing, stamping, or such other alteration of the surface or shape of a coin as is readily distinguishable from the effects of reasonable wear; (b) "the Mint" includes the Mints now existing.....

Companies Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....the same activity as that carried on by the head office of the company; or (c) any establishment engaged in any production, processing or manufacture, but does not include any establishment specified in any order made by the Central Government under (section 8);] (10) "company" means a company as defined in (section 3); [(10A) "Company Law Board" means the Board of Company Law Administration constituted under (section 10E);] [(11) "the Court" means,- (a) with respect to any matter relating to a company (other than any offence against this Act), the Court having jurisdiction under this Act with respect to that matter relating to that company, as provided in (section 10) ; (b) with respect to any offence against this Act, the Court of a Magistrate of the First Class or, as the case may be, a Presidency Magistrate, having jurisdiction to try such offence ;] (12) "debenture" includes debenture stock, bonds and any other securities of a company, whether constituting a charge on the assets of the company or not; [(12A) "depository" has the same meaning as in the (Depositories Act, 1996) (22 of 1996); (12B) "derivative" has the same meaning as in clause (aa) of (S.2.....

Insurance Act, 1938 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1938

.....be made under the foregoing provisions of this section before the application for registration is made whether any such application is or is not in fact made]. (8) A deposit made in cash shall be held by the Reserve Bank of India to the credit of the insurer and shall 153[a] Inserted and deemed always to have been inserted by the Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1940 (20 of 1940), Section 4. [except to the extent, if any, to which the cash has been invested in securities under sub-section (9A)], be returnable to the insurer in cash in any case in which under the provisions of this Act a deposit is to be returned; and any interest accruing due and collected on securities deposited under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall be paid to the insurer, subject only to deduction of the normal commission chargeable for the realization of interest. 154[a] Sub-sections (9), (9A) and (9B) were substituted and deemed always to have been substituted by Act 20 of 1940, Section 4. [(9) The insurer may at any time replace any securities deposited by him under this section with the Reserve Bank of India either by cash or by other approved securities or partly cash and partly by other approved.....

Indian Coinage Act, 1906 Chapter I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1906

.....shall lie against any person in respect of anything in good faith done, or intended to be done, under or in pursuance of the provisions of this Act. Section 23 - Saving of making of other coins at Mints Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to prohibit or restrict the making at the Mint of coins intended for issue as money by the Government of any territories beyond the limits of [Subs. by Act 3 of 1951,Section3 and Sch., for "the States"}1[India] __________________________ 1. Substituted for words "the territories to which this Act extends" by the Act 62 of 1956. Section 24 - Temporary provisions with respect to certain Hyderabad coins [Ins., by Act 3 of 1951., Original Section. 24 was rep. by Act 28 of 1947,Section. 10.] Notwithstanding anything in section 6 of the Part B States (Laws) Act, 1951 (3 of 1951), coins of such description as at the commencement of the said Act were in circulation as legal tender in {Subs. by Act 10 of 1953,Section2, for "any Part B State"} [the State of Hyderabad] shall continue to be legal tender in that State to the like extent and subject to the same conditions as immediately before the commencement of the said Act for such.....