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Section 489B IPC — Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes

Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Official PDF page 192

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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 traffics 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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