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BNSChapter XSection 188
Section188

Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint

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Summary

Taking any coining tool or instrument out of a legally established mint without lawful authority is an offence. It is punishable with imprisonment of either description for up to seven years and a fine. The offence is cognizable, non-bailable and triable by a Magistrate of the first class.

Example

Karan, a worker at a local mint, takes a coining die out without permission to sell it. Because he removed a coining instrument from the mint without lawful authority, he can face up to seven years imprisonment and a fine. The offence is cognizable, non-bailable and will be tried by a Magistrate of the first class.

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Enacted text

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.

BNSS Classification

  • Imprisonment for 7 years and fine.
  • Cognizable
  • Non-bailable
  • Triable by Magistrate of the first class.
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Chapter X

Of Offences Relating To Coin, Currency Notes, Bank Notes, And Government Stamps

In this chapter

  • 178Counterfeiting coin, government stamps, currency-notes or bank-notes
  • 179Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank notes
  • 180Possession of forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes
  • 181Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency notes or bank-notes
  • 182Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes
  • 183Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government
  • 184Using Government stamp known to have been before used
  • 185Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used
  • 186Prohibition of fictitious stamps
  • 187Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law
  • 188Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint
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