(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.
Section history
Section 489A — Forging or counterfeiting currency notes or bank notes
As in force on 30 November 2008.
The text below is this provision as reproduced in the Revised Edition that came into force on this date. A revised edition consolidates the law without changing its substance, so editorial amendments — such as renumbering, updated citations and formatting — may have been made but are not shown as a redline.
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.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 489A]
There are no sections 478 to 489.