Indian Penal Code
IPC 489D is now BNS 181.
Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting currency notes or bank-notes · BNS 181 brings it together with IPC 233, 234, 235, 256 and 257.
Merged
98% of the old wording kept
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVIII
s. 489D
Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting currency notes or bank-notes
Whoever makes, or performs any part of the process of making, or buys or sells or disposes of, or has in his possession, any machinery, instrument or material for the purpose of being used, or knowing or having reason to believe that it is intended to be used, for forging or counterfeiting any currency-note or bank-note, shall be punished with 2[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 the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. X
s. 181
Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes.
Whoever makes or mends, or performs any part of the process of making or mending, or buys or sells or disposes of, or has in his possession, any machinery, die, or instrument or material for the purpose of being used, or knowing or having reason to believe that it is intended to be used, for forging or counterfeiting any coin, stamp issued by Government for the purpose of revenue, currency-note or bank-note, 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