Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Indian coin

INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860

Section 234 - Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Indian coin

Whoever makes or mends, or performs any part of the process of making or mending or buys, sells or disposes of, any die or instrument, for the purpose of being used, or knowing or having reason to believe that it is intended to be used, for the purpose of counterfeiting 3[ Indian coin], shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine. 1. Subs. by Act 19 of 1872, s. 1, for the original paragraph. 2. Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for the former paragraph. 3. Subs., ibid., for" the Queen' s coin". 4. Ins. by Act 6 of 1896, s. 1 (2). 5. Subs. by Act 26 of 1955, s. 117 and Sch., for" transportation for life".