Whoever fraudulently or dishonestly performs on any coin any operation which diminishes the weight or alters the composition of that coin shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Section history
Section 246 — Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing the weight or altering the composition of any coin
As in force on 1 July 2014.
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- 30 March 1987 Enacted
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Explanation.—A person who scoops out part of the coin and puts anything else into the cavity, alters the composition of that coin.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 246]
There are no sections 244 and 245.