IPC 244 — Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

Whoever, being employed in  any mint lawfully established in [India], does any act, or omits what he is legally bound to do, with the intention of causing any coin issued  from that mint to be of a different weight or composition from the  weight  or  composition  fixed  by law, shall  be  punished  with imprisonment  of  either  description for a term which may  extend  to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

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