Of Offences Relatingto Coinand Government Stamps
IPC Section 244 - Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or compo sition from that
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IPC Section 244 deals with person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or compo sition from that.
Full official legal text
244. Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or compo sition from that
fixed by law .--Whoever, being employed in any mint lawfully established in 2[India], does any act, or
omits what he is legally bound to do, with the intention of causing any coin issued from that mint to be of
a different weight or composition from the weight or composition fixed by law, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, an d shall also be liable to
fine.
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