Section 189 BNS: Unlawful assembly

Section 189 BNS: Unlawful assembly

Section 189 BNS | BNS 189 189(1) BNS An assembly of five or more persons is designated an “unlawful assembly”, if the common object of the persons composing that assembly is— Explanation— An assembly which was not unlawful when it assembled, may subsequently become an unlawful assembly. 189(2) BNS Whoever, being aware of facts which … Read more

Section 188 BNS: Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint

Section 188 BNS: Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint

Section 188 BNS | BNS 188 Whoever, without lawful authority, takes out of any mint, lawfully established in India, any coining tool or instrument, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.  Reference Link: New Criminal Laws (BNS), Ministry … Read more

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

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

Section 187 BNS | BNS 187 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 64 a different weight or composition from the weight or composition fixed by … Read more

Section 186 BNS: Prohibition of fictitious stamps

Section 186 BNS: Prohibition of fictitious stamps

Section 186 BNS | BNS 186 186(1) BNS Whoever— 186(2) BNS Any such stamp, die, plate, instrument or materials in the possession of any person for making any fictitious stamp may be seized and, if seized shall be forfeited. 186(3) BNS In this section “fictitious stamp” means any stamp falsely purporting to be issued by … Read more

Section 185 BNS: Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used

Section 185 BNS: Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used

Section 185 BNS | BNS 185 Whoever, fraudulently or with intent to cause loss to Government, erases or removes from a stamp issued by Government for the purpose of revenue, any mark, put or impressed upon such stamp for the purpose of denoting that the same has been used, or knowingly has in his possession … Read more

Section 184 BNS: Using Government stamp known to have been before used

Section 184 BNS: Using Government stamp known to have been before used

Section 184 BNS | BNS 184 Whoever, fraudulently or with intent to cause loss to the Government, uses for any purpose a stamp issued by Government for the purpose of revenue, which he knows to have been before used, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two … Read more

Section 183 BNS: Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government

Section 183 BNS: Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government

Section 183 BNS | BNS 183 Whoever, fraudulently or with intent to cause loss to the Government, removes or effaces from any substance, bearing any stamp issued by Government for the purpose of revenue, any writing or document for which such stamp has been used, or removes from any writing or document a stamp which … Read more

Section 182 BNS: Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes

Section 182 BNS: Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes

Section 182 BNS | BNS 182 182(1) BNS Whoever makes, or causes to be made, or uses for any purpose whatsoever, or delivers to any person, any document purporting to be, or in any way resembling, or so nearly resembling as to be calculated to 63 deceive, any currency-note or bank-note shall be punished with … Read more

Section 181 BNS: Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes

Section 181 BNS: Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes

Section 181 BNS | BNS 181 Whoever makes or mends, or performs any part of the process of making or mending, or buys or sells or disposes of, or has in his possession, any machinery, die, or instrument or material for the purpose of being used, or knowing or having reason to believe that it … Read more

Section 180 BNS: Possession of forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or banknotes

Section 180 BNS: Possession of forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or banknotes

Section 180 BNS | BNS 180 Whoever has in his possession any forged or counterfeit coin, stamp, 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 … Read more