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Penal Code, 1860 (Act No. XLV of 1860).
Possession of
instrument or
material for the
purpose of using the
same for
counterfeiting coin; if
Bangladesh coin
235. Whoever is in possession of any instrument or material, for the purpose of
using the same for counterfeiting coin, or knowing or having reason to believe
that the same is intended to be used for that purpose, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years,
and shall also be liable to fine;
and if the coin to be counterfeited is Bangladesh coin, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and
shall also be liable to fine.
Abetting in
Bangladesh the
counterfeiting out of
Bangladesh of coin
236. Whoever, being within Bangladesh, abets the counterfeiting of coin out of
Bangladesh shall be punished in the same manner as if he abetted the
counterfeiting of such coin within Bangladesh.
Import or export of
counterfeit coin
237. Whoever imports into Bangladesh, or exports therefrom, any counterfeit coin,
knowingly or having reason to believe that the same is counterfeit, shall be
punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
three years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Import or export of
counterfeits of
Bangladesh coin
238. Whoever imports into Bangladesh, or exports therefrom, any counterfeit coin
which he knows or has reason to believe to be a counterfeit of Bangladesh coin,
shall be punished with 94[ 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.
Delivery of coin,
possessed with
knowledge that it is
counterfeit
239. Whoever, having any counterfeit coin which, at the time when he became
possessed of it, he knew to be counterfeit, fraudulently or with intent that fraud
may be committed, delivers the same to any person, or attempts to induce any
person to receive it, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for
a term which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine.
240. Whoever, having any counterfeit coin, which is a counterfeit of Bangladesh
coin, and which, at the time when he became possessed of it, he knew to be a
counterfeit of Bangladesh coin, fraudulently or with intent that fraud may be
committed, delivers the same to any person, or attempts to induce any person to
receive it, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term
which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Delivery of
Bangladesh coin,
possessed with
knowledge that it is
counterfeit
Delivery of coin as
241. Whoever delivers to any other person as genuine, or attempts to induce any
other person to receive as genuine, any counterfeit coin which he knows to be
counterfeit, but which he did not know to be counterfeit at the time when he
took it into his possession, shall be punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine to an amount
which may extend is ten times the value of the coin counterfeited, or with both.
genuine, which, when
first possessed, the
deliverer did not
know to be
counterfeit
Illustration
A, a coiner, delivers counterfeit Company's taka to his accomplice B, for the
purpose of uttering them. B sells the taka to C, another, utterer, who buys them
knowing them to be counterfeit. C pays away the taka for goods to D, who
receives them, not knowing them to be counterfeit. D after receiving the taka,
discovers that they are counterfeit and pays them away as if they were good.
Here D is punishable only under this section, but B and C are punishable under
section 239 or 240, as the case may be.
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