INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
489E. Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes.
182. Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes.
2*[489E. Making or using documents resembling currency-notes
or bank-notes.--(1) Whoever makes, or causes to be made, or uses for
any purpose whatsoever, or delivers to any person, any document
purporting to be, or in any way resembling, or so nearly resembling as
to be calculated to deceive, any currency-note or bank-note shall be
punished with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees.
(2) If any person, whose name appears on a document the making of
which is an offence under sub-section (1), refuses, without lawful
excuse, to disclose to a police-officer on being so required the name
and address of the person by whom it was printed or otherwise made, he
shall be punished with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees.
(3) Where the name of any person appears on any document in
respect of which any person is charged with an offence under sub-
section (1) or on any other document used or distributed in connection
with that document it may, until the contrary is proved, be presumed
that that person caused the document to be made.]
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
182. Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes.—(1) Whoever
makes, or causes to be made, or uses for any purpose whatsoever, or delivers to any person, any
document purporting to be, or in any way resembling, or so nearly resembling as to be calculated to
deceive, any currency-note or bank-note shall be punished with fine which may extend to three hundred
rupees.
(2) If any person, whose name appears on a document the making of which is an offence under
sub-section (1), refuses, without lawful excuse, to disclose to a police officer on being so required the
name and address of the person by whom it was printed or otherwise made, he shall be punished with fine
which may extend to six hundred rupees.
(3) Where the name of any person appears on any document in respect of which any person is
charged with an offence under sub-section (1) or on any other document used or distributed in connection
with that document it may, until the contrary is proved, be presumed that the person caused the document
to be made.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023