BNS 181 — Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

181. Whoever makes or mends, or performs any part of the process
of  making  or  mending,  or  buys  or  sells  or  disposes  of,  or  has  in  his
possession, any machinery, die, or instrument or material for the purpose
of being used, or knowing or having reason to believe that it is intended to
be   used,   for   forging   or   counterfeiting   any   coin,   stamp   issued   by
Government for the purpose of revenue, currency-note or bank-note, shall
be  punished  with  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.
Making  or  using  documents  resembling  currency-notes  or  bank-
notes.

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