BNS §182

Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes

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Old law
IPC §489E
Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes

4[489E. Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes.—(1) Whoever makes, or causes to be made, or uses for any purpose whatsoever, or delivers to any person, any document purporting to be, or in any way resembling, or so nearly resembling as to be calculated to deceive, any currency-note or bank-note shall be punished with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees. 1. Added by Act 12 of 1899, s. 2. 2. Subs. by Act 26 of 1955, s. 117 and the Sch., for “transportation for life” (w.e.f. 1-1-1956). 3. Subs. by Act 35 of 1950, s. 3 and the Second Sch., for “489C and 489D”. 4. Ins. by Act 6 of 1943, s. 2.

(2) If any person, whose name appears on a document the making of which is an offence under sub-section (1), refuses, without lawful excuse, to disclose to a police-officer on being so required the name and address of the person by whom it was printed or otherwise made, he shall be punished with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees.

(3) Where the name of any person appears on any document in respect of which any person is charged with an offence under sub- section

(1) or on any other document used or distributed in connection with that document it may, until the contrary is proved, be presumed that that person caused the document to be made.] CHAPTER XIX OFTHE CRIMINAL BREACHOF CONTRACTSOF SERVICE

New law
BNS §182
Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes

(1) Whoever makes, or causes to be made, or uses for any purpose whatsoever, or delivers to any person, any document purporting to be, or in any way resembling, or so nearly resembling as to be calculated to deceive, any currency-note or bank-note shall be punished with fine which may extend to three hundred rupees.

(2) If any person, whose name appears on a document the making of which is an offence under sub-section (1), refuses, without lawful excuse, to disclose to a police officer on being so required the name and address of the person by whom it was printed or otherwise made, he shall be punished with fine which may extend to six hundred rupees.

(3) Where the name of any person appears on any document in respect of which any person is charged with an offence under sub-section (1) or on any other document used or distributed in connection with that document it may, until the contrary is proved, be presumed that the person caused the document to be made.

What changedAI-inferred

IPC 489E absorbed into BNS 182. Cross-chapter relocation Documents→Coin/Currency..

Old position

IPC 489E is concerned with Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes. 4[489E

New position

BNS 182 preserves the framework with drafting modernisations as required by the new code. Topic: Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes. Whoever makes, or causes to be made, or uses for any purpose whatsoever, or delivers to any person, any document purporting to be, or in any way resembling, or so nearly resembling as to be calculated to deceive, any currency-note or

BNS 182 (Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes) preserves the framework of IPC 489E. BNS 182 retains the operative provisions in substantively the same form, with drafting modernisation and structural updates as required by the new code. BNS 182 text: Whoever makes,...

Editorial deltaAI-indicated (source-linked)

BNS 182 (Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes) preserves the framework of IPC 489E. BNS 182 retains the operative provisions in substantively the same form, with drafting modernisation and structural updates as required by the new code.

BNS 182 text: Whoever makes, or causes to be made, or uses for any purpose whatsoever, or delivers to any person, any document purporting to be, or in any way resembling, or so nearly resembling as to be calculated to deceive, any currency-note or bank-note shall be punished with fine which may extend to three hundred rupees.(2) If...

Transitional note (repeal & savings)

For matters initiated before 1 July 2024, IPC 489E continues to apply. For matters from that date forward, BNS 182 applies. The transition is governed by the repeal-and-savings clause in the new code (BNS 358 / BNSS 531 / BSA 170 as the case may be); pending proceedings under the old code carry forward unaffected.

Frequently asked

BNS 182 (Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes). The relationship is classified as substantively_same — see the change-note above for the textual delta.

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Newlaws.in, IPC §489E → BNS §182 Mapping Page, last updated 2026-05-01, accessed 2026-06-14, https://newlaws.in/bns/182.

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