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Section 253

Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.

Amendments
Section 253 — Original text to 1 January 2020superseded
253.Possession of current coin by a person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof

Whoever, fraudulently or with intent that fraud may be committed, is in possession of coin with respect to which the offence defined in section 247 or 249 has been committed, having known at the time of becoming possessed thereof that that offence had been committed with respect to such coin, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 5 years, and shall also be liable to fine.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 253]

Section 253 — From 1 January 2020 (current)repealed by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
253.

[Repealed by Act 15 of 2019 wef 01/01/2020]