Act Number: 11

Act Name: The Coinage Act, 2011

Year: 2011

Enactment Date: 2011-09-01

Long Title: An Act to consolidate the laws relating to coinage and the Mints, the protection of coinage and to provide for the prohibition of melting or destruction of coins and prohibit the making or the possession thereof for issue and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Economic Affairs

Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.
    (1) This Act may be called the Coinage Act, 2011.
     (2) It extends to the whole of India.
     (3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Notes:
1. 28th March, 2012, vide notification No. S.O. 628(E), dated 28th March, 2012, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec.. 3 (ii).
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