Secs. 250-252.

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207

Under English law, if any person shall tender or put off any coin defaced, stamped or bent as mentioned in notes to 231, 232, and 235 ante, he will be liable to a fine not exceeding forty shillings summarily.

[Cog. Not bailable.] [Warrant.]

[Ct. of S. or M. of First Class.

*251. Whoever, having coin in his possession with Delivery of Queen's respect to which the offence defined in coin possessed with Section 247-(Fraudulently diminishing weight the knowledge that it is altered. or altering composition of the Queen's coin) or 249-(Altering appearance of the Queen's coin with intent that it shall pass as a coin of different description)—has been committed, and having known at the time when he became possessed of such coin that such offence had been committed with respect to it, fraudulently (25), or with intent that fraud may be committed, delivers such coin to any other person (11), or attempts to induce any other person to receive the same, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description (53) for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

250-51. These sections are for punishment of traders and deliverers of altered coin.

Possession of altered

sessed thereof.

Ct. of S. or M. of First Class.

252. Whoever, fraudulently (25), or with intent that fraud may be committed, is in possession coin by a person who of coin with respect to which the offence knew it to be altered when he became pos- defined in either of the Sections 246(Fraudulently diminishing weight or altering composition of any coin) or 248-(Altering appearance of any coin with intent that it shall pass as a coin of different description)-has been committed, having known at the time of becoming possessed thereof that such offence had been comitted with respect to such coin, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description (53) for a term which may extend to

three

years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Secs. 253-254.

[Ct. of S. or M. of

First Class.)

Possession

of

Queen's coin by a

person who knew it to be altered when he became possessed thereof.

may

[Cog. Not bailable.] [Warrant.

*253.. Whoever, fraudulently (25), or with intent that fraud be committed, is in possession of coin with respect to which the offence defined in either of the Sections 247(Fraudulently diminishing weight or altering composition of the Queen's coin) or 249-(Altering appearance of the Queen's coin with intent that it shall pass as a coin of different description)—has been committed, having known at the time of becoming possessed thereof that such offence. had been committed with respect to such coin, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description (53) for a term which may extend to five years, and shall also be liable to fine.

(M. of First or Second Class.

[Cog Not bailable.]

Warrant..

*254. Whoever delivers to any other person (11) as Delivery to another genuine, or as a coin of a different descripof coin as genuine, tion from what it is, or attempts to induce which, when first any person to receive as genuine, or as a different coin from what it is, any coin in

possessed, the deli

verer did not know to be altered.

respect of which he knows that any such operation as that mentioned in Section 246, 247, 248, or 249, has been performed, but in respect of which he did not, at the time when he took it into his possession, know that such operation had been performed, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description (53) for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine to an amount which may extend to ten times the value of the coin for which the altered coin is passed or attempted to be passed.

The person punishable by this section is any one who has altered coin in his possession, and passes or attempts to pass it off to others; but he must be aware that the coin he tries so to pass off is an altered coin, and that it has been altered by one or other of the operations mentioned in preceding sections of this Code.

[Cog Bailable.]

[Warrant.]

[Ct. of S.)

$255. Whoever counterfeits (28), or knowingly per

Secs. 255-258.]

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Counterfeiting a Government stamp.

forms any part of the process of counterfeiting, any stamp issued by Government (17), for the purpose of revenue, shall be punished with transportation for life, or with imprisonment of either description (53) for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Explanation. A person commits this offence (255) who counterfeits (28) by causing a genuine stamp of one denomination to appear like a genuine stamp of a different denomination.

Having possession of an instrument or material for the pur

à Government stamp.

[Ct. of S

*256. Whoever has in his possession any instrument or material for the purpose of being used, or knowing or having reason to believe (26) pose of counterfeiting that it is intended to be used, for the purpose of counterfeiting (28) any stamp issued by Government (17) for the purpose of revenue, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description (53) for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

[Ct. of S.]

pose of counterfeiting

[Cog Bailable.

Warrant

*257. Whoever makes, or performs any part of the Making or selling process of making, or buys, or sells, or instrument for the pur- disposes of, any instrument for the pura Government stamp. pose of being used, or knowing or having reason to believe (26) that it is intended to be used for the purpose of counterfeiting (28) any stamp issued by Government (17) for the purpose of revenue, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description (53) for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

[Ct. of S.]

[Cog Bailable.]

[Warrant.

*258. Whoever sells, or offers for sale, any stamp

P

.

. 258-261

Sale of counterfeit which he knows or has reason to believe (26) to be a counterfeit (28) of any stamp issued by Government (17) for the pur

Government stamp.

pose of revenue, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description (53) for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

[Ct. of S. or M. of First Class.

Having possession of

ment stamp.

[Cog. Bailable.] [Warrant.]

*259. Whoever has in his possession any stamp which he knows to be a counterfeit (28) of any a counterfeit Govern- stamp issued by Government (17) for the purpose of revenue, intending to use or dispose of the same as a genuine stamp, or in order that it may be used as a genuine stamp, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description (53) for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

[Cog1

Bailable.] Warrant.]

Using as genuine a

known to be counter

[Ct. of S. or M. of First Class.

knowing it

*260. Whoever uses as genuine any stamp, to be a counterfeit (28) of any stamp Government stamp issued by Government (17) for the purpose of revenue, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description (53) for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.

feit.

[Cog Bailable.]

(Warrant.]

*261. Whoever fraudulently (25), or with

from a substance bearing a Government

stamp, or removing stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to

from a document a

[Ct. of S. or M. of First Class.]

intent to

Effacing any writing cause loss to the Government (17), removes or effaces from any substance bearing any stamp issued by Government for the purpose of revenue, any writing or document (29) for which such stamp has been used, or removes from any writing or document a stamp which has been used for such writing or document, in order that such stamp may be used for a different writing or document, shall be punished with im

Government.

Secs. 261-263.J

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prisonment of either description (53) for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.

Warrant. *262.

Using a Government stamp known to have been before used.

[M. of First or Second Class.]

Whoever fraudulently (25), or with intent to cause loss to the Government (17), 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 (53) for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

(COBWarrant.]

Bailable.]

Erasure of mark de

been used.

Ct. of S. or M. of First Class.]

263. Whoever fraudulently (25), or with intent to cause loss to Government (17), erases or removes noting that stamp has 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, or sells or disposes of, any such stamp from which such mark has been erased or removed, or sells or disposes of any such stamp which he knows to have been used, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description (53) for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.

CHAPTER XIII.

OF OFFENCES RELATING TO WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES.

Act XI of 1870, (The Indian Weights and Measures' Act) received the assent of His Excellency the Governor General on 1st April, 1870; but the Home Government have disallowed this Act, and in the Home Government's decision the public doubtless in a general way concur. cannot well be denied that that Act did not carry with it the sympathy of the people. From Mr. Stephen's speech in council it appears, "that the difference between the Government of India and the Secretary of

It