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Currency notes and bank notes
15489A.
—(1) Whoever forges or counterfeits, or knowingly performs any part of the process of forging or counterfeiting, any currency note or bank note shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 20 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
[51/2007]
Explanation .—For the purposes of this section and of sections 489B, 489C and 489D, “bank note” means a promissory note or engagement for the payment of money to bearer on demand issued by any person carrying on the business of banking in any part of the world, or issued by or under the authority of any State or Sovereign Power and intended to be used as equivalent to, or as a substitute for, money.
(2) For the purposes of this section and of sections 489B, 489C and 489D, “currency note” includes any note (by whatever name called) which is legal tender in the country in which it is issued.
[51/2007]
[Indian PC 1860, s. 489A]
15 There are no sections 478 to 489.
489B. Whoever sells to, or buys or receives from, any other person, or otherwise traffics in or uses as genuine, any forged or counterfeit currency note or bank note, knowing or having reason to believe the same to be forged or counterfeit, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 20 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
[51/2007]
[Indian PC 1860, s. 489B]
489C. Whoever has in his possession any forged or counterfeit currency note or bank note, knowing or having reason to believe the same to be forged or counterfeit and intending to use the same as genuine or that it may be used as genuine, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 15 years.
[51/2007]
[Indian PC 1860, s. 489C]
Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting currency notes or bank notes
489D. Whoever makes or performs any part of the process of making, or buys or sells or disposes of, or has in his possession, any machinery, instrument or material for the purpose of being used, or knowing or having reason to believe that it is intended to be used, for forging or counterfeiting any currency note or bank note, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 20 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
[51/2007]
[Indian PC 1860, s. 489D]
Forfeiture of counterfeit currency
489E. [Repealed by Act 51 of 2007]