Section 261: Prohibition of diminishing weight or altering form of currency

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1) No person shall diminish the weight of metallic currency or alter the composition of metallic element or export, import or possess currency, by causing the currency of one type to appear like the currency of another type, with the intention of using it as genuine or knowing that it may be used as genuine.

2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years and a fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees.

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