Whoever is in possession of any instrument or material for the purpose of using the same for counterfeiting coin, or knowing or having reason to believe that the same is intended to be used for that purpose, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 years, and shall also be liable to fine; and if the coin to be counterfeited is current coin, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10200872008 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Section history
Section 235
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 235 — Original text to 1 January 2020superseded
Section 235 — From 1 January 2020 (current)repealed by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
[Repealed by Act 15 of 2019 wef 01/01/2020]