BNS Section 179 — Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes
Section 179 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
179. Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank- notes.—Whoever imports or exports, or sells or delivers to, or buys or receives from, any other person, or otherwise traffics or uses as genuine, any forged or counterfeit coin, stamp, currency-note or bank-note, knowing or having reason to believe the same to be forged or counterfeit, 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. ¶
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