The Indian Penal Code, 1860

Chapter 18 — Offences Relating To Documents And To Property Marks

Section 489A: Counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes

Whoever counterfeits, or knowingly performs any part of the process of counterfeiting, any 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.

About The Indian Penal Code, 1860

An Act to provide a general Penal Code for India.