This section covers unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint. Whoever, without lawful authority, takes out of any mint, lawfully established in India, any coining tool or instrument, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
What was the old IPC code for Section 188 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint was covered in S. 245.