BNS · Chapter X · §§ 178–188

Chapter X BNS — Of offences relating to coin, currency-notes, bank-notes, and government stamps

11 sections, §§ 178–188 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, each with the IPC provision it replaced.

Sections in this chapter

§ 178Counterfeiting coin, Government stamps, currency-notes or bank-noteswas IPC 231, 230 and 246
§ 179Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-noteswas IPC 237
§ 180Possession of forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-noteswas IPC 242
§ 181Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-noteswas IPC 233
§ 182Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-noteswas IPC 489E
§ 183Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Governmentwas IPC 261
§ 184Using Government stamp known to have been before usedwas IPC 262
§ 185Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been usedwas IPC 263
§ 186Prohibition of fictitious stampswas IPC 263A
§ 187Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by lawwas IPC 244
§ 188Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mintwas IPC 245

Mapping: NCRB corresponding-section table, Ministry of Home Affairs (retrieved 10 Sept 2026).

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