# 245 Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint
Whoever, without lawful authority, takes out of any mint, lawfully established in 1 [India], any coining tool or instrument, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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1. 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.
OF OFFENCES RELATING TO COIN AND GOVERNMENT STAMPS
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Delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be counterfeit242
Possession of counterfeit coin by person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof243
Possession of Indian coin by person who knew it to be counterfeit when he became possessed thereof244
Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law246
Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of coin247
Fraudulently or dishonestly diminishing weight or altering composition of Indian coin248
Altering appearance of coin with intent that it shall pass as coin of different description
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