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
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 246 — Original text to 1 January 2020superseded
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.
Section 246 — From 1 January 2020 (current)repealed by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
[Repealed by Act 15 of 2019 wef 01/01/2020]