Indian Penal Code
IPC 237 is now BNS 179.
Import or export of counterfeit coin · BNS 179 brings it together with IPC 238, 239, 240, 241, 250, 251, 254, 258, 260 and 489B.
Merged
84% of the old wording kept
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XII
s. 237
Import or export of counterfeit coin
Whoever imports into 2[India], or exports therefrom, any counterfeit coin, knowing 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.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. X
s. 179
Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes.
Whoever imports or exports, or sells or delivers to, or buys or receives from, any other person, or otherwise traffics or uses as genuine, any forged or counterfeit coin, stamp, currency-note or bank-note, knowing or having reason to believe the same to be forged or counterfeit, shall be punished with 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.
Text from India Code