Of Offences Relating To Coin Currency-Notes Bank-Notes And Government Stamps MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for Of Offences Relating To Coin Currency-Notes Bank-Notes And Government Stamps - Download Free PDF

The correct answer is Option 2.

Key Points Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 - Section 182: Making or Using Documents Resembling Currency-Notes or Bank-Notes

• Section 182(2) provides 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 a fine which may extend to six hundred rupees.

The correct answer is Option 3.

Key PointsSection 182. Making or Using Documents Resembling Currency Notes or Bank Notes

• Creating or Using Fake Documents: Any individual who creates, causes to be created, or uses for any purpose, or delivers to another person, a document that either claims to be or closely resembles a currency note or bank note in such a way that it could deceive others, will be liable to a fine of up to three hundred rupees.
• Refusal to Disclose Information: If a person's name appears on a document that is considered an offense under the above clause and they refuse, without a lawful excuse, to disclose to a police officer the name and address of the person who printed or created it, they can be fined up to six hundred rupees.
• Presumption of Involvement: If a person's name appears on a document linked to an offense under subsection (1) or on any related document, it will be presumed, unless proven otherwise, that the individual was responsible for causing the document to be made.

The correct answer is Option 3.

Key PointsBharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 - Section 180: Possession of Forged or Counterfeit Coin, Government Stamp, Currency-Notes, or Bank-Notes

• Whoever has in his possession any forged or counterfeit coin, stamp, currency-note, or bank-note, knowing or having reason to believe the same to be forged or counterfeit and intending to use the same as genuine or that it may be used as genuine, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with a fine, or with both.
• Explanation: If a person establishes that the forged or counterfeit coin, stamp, currency-note, or bank-note was obtained from a lawful source, it shall not constitute an offence under this section.

The correct answer is Option 2.

Key PointsBharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 - Section 180: Possession of Forged or Counterfeit Coin, Government Stamp, Currency-Notes, or Bank-Notes

• Whoever has in his possession any forged or counterfeit coin, stamp, currency-note, or bank-note, knowing or having reason to believe the same to be forged or counterfeit and intending to use the same as genuine or that it may be used as genuine, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with a fine, or with both.
  • Explanation: If a person establishes that the forged or counterfeit coin, stamp, currency-note, or bank-note was obtained from a lawful source, it shall not constitute an offence under this section.

The correct answer is Option 2.

Key Points

• Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 - Section 179: Using as Genuine, Forged or Counterfeit Coin, Government Stamp, Currency-Notes, or Bank-Notes
  • Whoever imports or exports, sells or delivers to, buys or receives from, or otherwise traffics in or uses as genuine, any forged or counterfeit coin, stamp, currency-note, or bank-note, knowing or having reason to believe the same to be forged or counterfeit, 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.
  • If an individual imports counterfeit currency-notes and attempts to use them for transactions, knowing that they are fake, they are committing the offence under BNS Section 179. The same applies if they sell or exchange these counterfeit items as genuine.

The correct answer is Option 3.

Key PointsSection 182. Making or Using Documents Resembling Currency Notes or Bank Notes

• Creating or Using Fake Documents: Any individual who creates, causes to be created, or uses for any purpose, or delivers to another person, a document that either claims to be or closely resembles a currency note or bank note in such a way that it could deceive others, will be liable to a fine of up to three hundred rupees.
• Refusal to Disclose Information: If a person's name appears on a document that is considered an offense under the above clause and they refuse, without a lawful excuse, to disclose to a police officer the name and address of the person who printed or created it, they can be fined up to six hundred rupees.
• Presumption of Involvement: If a person's name appears on a document linked to an offense under subsection (1) or on any related document, it will be presumed, unless proven otherwise, that the individual was responsible for causing the document to be made.

The correct answer is Option 2.

Key Points Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 - Section 182: Making or Using Documents Resembling Currency-Notes or Bank-Notes

• Section 182(2) provides 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 a fine which may extend to six hundred rupees.

The correct answer is Option 3.

Key PointsBharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 - Section 180: Possession of Forged or Counterfeit Coin, Government Stamp, Currency-Notes, or Bank-Notes

• Whoever has in his possession any forged or counterfeit coin, stamp, currency-note, or bank-note, knowing or having reason to believe the same to be forged or counterfeit and intending to use the same as genuine or that it may be used as genuine, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with a fine, or with both.
• Explanation: If a person establishes that the forged or counterfeit coin, stamp, currency-note, or bank-note was obtained from a lawful source, it shall not constitute an offence under this section.

The correct answer is Option 2.

Key PointsBharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 - Section 180: Possession of Forged or Counterfeit Coin, Government Stamp, Currency-Notes, or Bank-Notes

• Whoever has in his possession any forged or counterfeit coin, stamp, currency-note, or bank-note, knowing or having reason to believe the same to be forged or counterfeit and intending to use the same as genuine or that it may be used as genuine, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with a fine, or with both.
  • Explanation: If a person establishes that the forged or counterfeit coin, stamp, currency-note, or bank-note was obtained from a lawful source, it shall not constitute an offence under this section.

The correct answer is Option 2.

Key Points

• Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 - Section 179: Using as Genuine, Forged or Counterfeit Coin, Government Stamp, Currency-Notes, or Bank-Notes
  • Whoever imports or exports, sells or delivers to, buys or receives from, or otherwise traffics in or uses as genuine, any forged or counterfeit coin, stamp, currency-note, or bank-note, knowing or having reason to believe the same to be forged or counterfeit, 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.
  • If an individual imports counterfeit currency-notes and attempts to use them for transactions, knowing that they are fake, they are committing the offence under BNS Section 179. The same applies if they sell or exchange these counterfeit items as genuine.

The correct answer is Option 1.

Key PointsBharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 - Section 178: Counterfeiting Coin, Government Stamps, Currency-Notes or Bank-Notes

• Whoever counterfeits, or knowingly performs any part of the process of 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.
  • Explanation:
    • (1) The expression bank-note means a promissory note or engagement for the payment of money to bearer on demand issued by any person carrying on the business of banking in any part of the world, or issued by or under the authority of any State or Sovereign Power, and intended to be used as equivalent to, or as a substitute for money.
    • (2) Coin shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in section 2 of the Coinage Act, 2011, and includes metal used for the time being as money and is stamped and issued by or under the authority of any State or Sovereign Power intended to be so used.
    • (3) A person commits the offence of counterfeiting Government stamp who counterfeits by causing a genuine stamp of one denomination to appear like a genuine stamp of a different denomination.
    • (4) A person commits the offence of counterfeiting coin who, intending to practice deception, or knowing it to be likely that deception will be practiced, causes a genuine coin to appear like a different coin.
    • (5) The offence of counterfeiting coin includes diminishing the weight, altering the composition, or altering the appearance of the coin.