# 238 Import or export of counterfeits of the Indian coin
Whoever imports into 2 [India], or exports therefrom, any counterfeit coin, which he knows or has reason to believe to be a counterfeit of 1 [Indian coin], shall be punished with 3 [Imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment of either description description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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1. Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for "the Queens coin".
2. The words "British India" have successively been subs. by the A. O. 1948, the A. O. 1950 and Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch., to read as above.
3. Subs. by Act 26 of 1955, s. 117 and the Sch., for "transportation for life" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956).
OF OFFENCES RELATING TO COIN AND GOVERNMENT STAMPS
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Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Indian coin235
Possession of instrument or material for the purpose of using the same for counterfeiting coin: if Indian coin236
Abetting in India the counterfeiting out of India of coin237
Import or export of counterfeit coin239
Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit240
Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit241
Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be counterfeit
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