BNS Section 188 — Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint
Section 188 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
188. Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint.—Whoever, without lawful authority, takes out of any mint, lawfully established in India, any coining tool or instrument, 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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