BNS / Chapter X
CHAPTER X · SECTIONS 178–188
Of Offences Relating To Coin, Currency-Notes, Bank-Notes, And Government Stamps
Explore BNS Chapter 10, covering sections 178–188 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Open a section to read its statutory text and official source.
§ 178BNS Section 178 — Counterfeiting coin, Government stamps, currency-notes or bank-notes§ 179BNS Section 179 — Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes§ 180BNS Section 180 — Possession of forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes§ 181BNS Section 181 — Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes§ 182BNS Section 182 — Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes§ 183BNS Section 183 — Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government§ 184BNS Section 184 — Using Government stamp known to have been before used§ 185BNS Section 185 — Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used§ 186BNS Section 186 — Prohibition of fictitious stamps§ 187BNS Section 187 — Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law§ 188BNS Section 188 — Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint
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