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IPC Section 240 - Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with kno wledge that it is counterfeit
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 240 deals with delivery of indian coin, possessed with kno wledge that it is counterfeit.
Full official legal text
240. Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with kno wledge that it is counterfeit. Whoever, having
any counterfeit co in which is a counterfeit of 1[Indian coin], and which, at the time when he became
possessed of it, he knew to be a counterfeit of 1[Indian coin], fraudulently or with intent that fraud may be
committed, delivers the same to any person, or attempts to induce any person to receive it, shall be
punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also
be liable to fine.
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