Whoever performs on any current 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 7 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Section history
Section 249
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 249 — Original text to 1 January 2020superseded
[Indian PC 1860, s. 249]
Section 249 — From 1 January 2020 (current)repealed by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
[Repealed by Act 15 of 2019 wef 01/01/2020]