The Bare Act
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
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20 chapters · 358 sections
Chapter X
Of Offences Relating To Coin, Currency Notes, Bank Notes, And Government Stamps
11 sections
- Section 178Counterfeiting coin, government stamps, currency-notes or bank-notes
- Section 179Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank notes
- Section 180Possession of forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes
- Section 181Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency notes or bank-notes
- Section 182Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes
- Section 183Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government
- Section 184Using Government stamp known to have been before used
- Section 185Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used
- Section 186Prohibition of fictitious stamps
- Section 187Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law
- Section 188Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint
Chapter X
Of Offences Relating To Coin, Currency Notes, Bank Notes, And Government Stamps
11 sections
- Section 178Counterfeiting coin, government stamps, currency-notes or bank-notes
- Section 179Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank notes
- Section 180Possession of forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes
- Section 181Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency notes or bank-notes
- Section 182Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes
- Section 183Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government
- Section 184Using Government stamp known to have been before used
- Section 185Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used
- Section 186Prohibition of fictitious stamps
- Section 187Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law
- Section 188Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint
About the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) is India’s primary criminal code. It came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), which had governed criminal offences in India for over 160 years. The BNS is one of three criminal-law statutes overhauled in 2023 — alongside the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (which replaced the CrPC) and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (which replaced the Indian Evidence Act).
The act runs to roughly 358 sections, organised into 20 chapters. While the substantive structure largely mirrors the IPC, the BNS reorganises offences, introduces community service as a form of punishment, codifies new offences (such as terrorism and organised crime) and removes archaic categories that had fallen out of use. Where a BNS section has a direct IPC ancestor, the corresponding IPC section is noted on the section page.
This page indexes the full text of every BNS section, sourced and kept current with official notifications. Use the search above to find a section by keyword (e.g. “rape”, “abetment”) or by section number. Use the IPC converter if you’re translating an older IPC reference into its BNS equivalent.