1[Coin is metal used for the time being as money, and stamped and issued by the authority of some State or Sovereign Power in order to be so used.]
2[Indian coin.- Indian coin is metal stamped and issued by the authority
of the Government of India in order to be used as money; and metal which has
been so stamped and issued shall continue to be Indian coin for the purposes
of this Chapter, notwithstanding that it may have ceased to be used as
money.]
Illustrations
(a) Cowries are not coin.
(b) Lumps of unstamped copper, though used as money, are not coin.
(c) Medals are not coin, inasmuch as they are not intended to be used as money.
(d) The coin denominated as the Company's rupee is 3 [Indian coin].
4 [(e) The "Farukhabad rupee", which was formerly used as money under the
authority of the Government of India, is 5 [Indian coin] although it is no
longer so used.]
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1. Subs. by Act 19 of 1872, s. 1, for the first paragraph.
2. Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for the second paragraph.
3. Subs., ibid., for "the Queens coin".
4. Added by Act 6 of 1896, s. 1(2).
5. Subs. by the A. O. 1950,
for "Queens coin".
Section 229 Personation of a juror or assessor
Section 229A Failure by person released on bail or bond to appear in Court
Section 231 Counterfeiting coin
Section 232 Counterfeiting Indian coin
Section 233 Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting coin
Section 234 Making or selling instrument for counterfeiting Indian coin
Section 236 Abetting in India the counterfeiting out of India of coin
Section 237 Import or export of counterfeit coin
Section 238 Import or export of counterfeits of the Indian coin
Section 239 Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit
Section 240 Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit
Section 241 Delivery of Indian coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit