Whoever performs on any coin any operation which alters the appearance of that coin with the intention that that coin shall pass as a coin of a different description, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Section history
Section 248
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 248 — Original text to 30 November 2008superseded
Section 248 — 30 November 2008 to 1 January 2020rewritten by the Revised Edition
Whoever performs on any coin any operation which alters the appearance of that coin, with the intention that that coin shall pass as a coin of a different description, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 248]
Section 248 — From 1 January 2020 (current)repealed by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
[Repealed by Act 15 of 2019 wef 01/01/2020]