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IPC Section 489B - Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 489B deals with using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes.
Full official legal text
489B. Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes. Whoever sells to,
or buys or receives from, any other person, or otherwise traf fics in or uses as genuine, any forged or
counterfeit currency-note or bank -note, knowing or having reason to believe the same to be forged or
counterfeit, shall be punished with 2[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.
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IPC Section 489
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IPC Section 489A
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IPC Section 489C
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IPC Section 489D
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