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IPC Section 489C - Possession of forged or coun terfeit currency -notes or bank -notes
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 489C deals with possession of forged or coun terfeit currency -notes or bank -notes.
Full official legal text
489C. Possession of forged or coun terfeit currency -notes or bank -notes. Whoever has in his
possession any forged or counterfeit currency-note or bank-note, knowing or having reason to believe the
same to be forged or counterfeit and intending to use the same as genuine or that it may be used as
genuine, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven
years, or with fine, or with both.
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IPC Section 489A
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IPC Section 489B
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IPC Section 489D
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IPC Section 489E
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