The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

§179 — Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes

Whoever imports or exports, or sells or delivers to, or buys or receives from, any other person, or otherwise traffics or uses as genuine, any forged or counterfeit coin, stamp, currency-note or bank-note, knowing or having reason to believe the same to be forged or counterfeit, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Old law ⇄ new law

Mergedold law ⇄ new law

Old lawIPC §237Import or export of counterfeit coin New lawBNS §179Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes

IPC §237 → BNS §179 per the official NCRB Sankalan table. BNS §179 consolidates multiple IPC sections.

Mergedold law ⇄ new law

Old lawIPC §238Import or export of counterfeits of the Indian coin New lawBNS §179Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes

IPC §238 → BNS §179 per the official NCRB Sankalan table. BNS §179 consolidates multiple IPC sections.

Mergedold law ⇄ new law

Old lawIPC §239Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit New lawBNS §179Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes

IPC §239 → BNS §179 per the official NCRB Sankalan table. BNS §179 consolidates multiple IPC sections.

Mergedold law ⇄ new law

Old lawIPC §240Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit New lawBNS §179Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes

IPC §240 → BNS §179 per the official NCRB Sankalan table. BNS §179 consolidates multiple IPC sections.

Mergedold law ⇄ new law

Old lawIPC §241Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be counterfeit New lawBNS §179Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes

IPC §241 → BNS §179 per the official NCRB Sankalan table. BNS §179 consolidates multiple IPC sections.

Mergedold law ⇄ new law

Old lawIPC §250Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered New lawBNS §179Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes

IPC §250 → BNS §179 per the official NCRB Sankalan table. BNS §179 consolidates multiple IPC sections.

Mergedold law ⇄ new law

Old lawIPC §251Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is altered New lawBNS §179Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes

IPC §251 → BNS §179 per the official NCRB Sankalan table. BNS §179 consolidates multiple IPC sections.

Mergedold law ⇄ new law

Old lawIPC §254Delivery of coin as genuine which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be altered New lawBNS §179Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes

IPC §254 → BNS §179 per the official NCRB Sankalan table. BNS §179 consolidates multiple IPC sections.

Mergedold law ⇄ new law

Old lawIPC §258Sale of counterfeit Government stamp New lawBNS §179Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes

IPC §258 → BNS §179 per the official NCRB Sankalan table. BNS §179 consolidates multiple IPC sections.

Mergedold law ⇄ new law

Old lawIPC §260Using as genuine a Government stamp known to be counterfeit New lawBNS §179Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes

IPC §260 → BNS §179 per the official NCRB Sankalan table. BNS §179 consolidates multiple IPC sections.

Mergedold law ⇄ new law

Old lawIPC §489BUsing as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes New lawBNS §179Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes

IPC §489B → BNS §179 per the official NCRB Sankalan table. BNS §179 consolidates multiple IPC sections.

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Official text: Gazette of India via MHA (official) ↗

Official Gazette text: The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023), English PDF as hosted by Ministry of Home Affairs (mha.gov.in, file 250883_english_01042024.pdf; canonical mirror indiacode.nic.in bitstream a202345.pdf). Extracted via pdftotext 26.07 -layout and @nexlex/ingest gazette-pdf parser on 2026-07-14. Automated parse; structural validation + spot verification of sections 1, 63, 103, 302, 358; full clause-level proofread pending.

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