Lawgist241Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be counterfeit
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./b 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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- 230 "Coin" defined
- 231 Counterfeiting coin
- 232 Counterfeiting Indian coin
- 233 Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting coin
- 234 Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Indian coin
- 235 Possession of instrument or material for the purpose of using the same for counterfeiting coin: if Indian coin
- 236 Abetting in India the counterfeiting out of India of coin
- 237 Import or export of counterfeit coin
- 238 Import or export of counterfeits of the Indian coin
- 239 Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit
- 240 Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit
- 241 Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be counterfeit
- 242 Possession of counterfeit coin by person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof
- 243 Possession of Indian coin by person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof
- 244 Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law
- 245 Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint
- 246 Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of coin
- 247 Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of Indian coin
- 248 Altering appearance of coin with intent that it shall pass as coin of different description
- 249 Altering appearance of Indian coin with intent that it shall pass as coin of different description
- 250 Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered
- 251 Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered
- 252 Possession of coin by person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof
- 253 Possession of Indian coin by person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof
- 254 Delivery of coin as genuine which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be altered
- 255 Counterfeiting Government stamp
- 256 Having possession of instrument or material for counterfeiting Government stamp
- 257 Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Government stamp
- 258 Sale of counterfeit Government stamp
- 259 Having possession of counterfeit Government stamp
- 260 Using as genuine a Government stamp known to be counterfeit
- 261 Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government
- 262 Using Government stamp known to have been before used
- 263 Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used
- 263A Prohibition of fictitious stamps
