IPC Section 244 — Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law

Summary

A person who works in a government-approved mint in India can be punished if they intentionally do something, or fail to do something they are legally required to do, to make a coin produced by that mint have a different weight or metal content than what the law says it should have. The punishment for this offence can be imprisonment for up to seven years, and a fine may also be imposed.

Official Text

Whoever, being employed in any mint lawfully established in 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, and shall also be liable to fine.

Related Judgments

• ... Petitioner vs 1. State by — Madras High Court (2018)
• ... Petitioner vs 1)The State of Tamilnadu, — Madras High Court ()
• RAMANAIAH v. SUPDT. CENTRAL JAIL — Supreme Court of India (1974)
• ...Petitioner vs State represented by — Madras High Court (2010)
• Petitioner/A8-Crl.OP.12760/14 vs The Inspector of Police, CBI — Madras High Court (2014)
• ...Petitioner vs K.P.S.Jayachandran — Madras High Court (2006)
• ... Petitioner vs 1. The Superintending Engineer, — Madras High Court (2013)
• Chennai 6. .. Petitioner in both WPs vs 1. Tvl. Steel Authority of India Ltd., — Madras High Court (2001)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §187 — Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law