Section 244
Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law.
About this Act
It is expedient to provide a general Penal Code forindia;
Whoever, being employed in any mint lawfully established in 1
[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.
Notes
1. The words 'British India" have successively been subs. by the A. O. 1948, the A. O. 1950 and Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch.,
to read as above.