489D. Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes.

Whoever makes, or performs, any part of the process of making, or buys or sells or disposes of, or has in his possession, any machinery, instrument or material for the purpose of being used, or knowing or having reason to believe that it is intended to be used, for forging or 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.

CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCE
Punishment—Imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for 10 years and fine— Cognizable—Non-bailable—Triable by Court of Session—Non-compoundable.

Read Indian Penal Code (IPC) in a better and systematic way.

Read IPC each section wise.

Download beautiful, colourful, mobile friendly PDF for IPC.

WritingLaw
Latest posts by WritingLaw (see all)
WritingLaw » IPC » Section 489D IPC
Study Material
Law PDFs
Law Tests
Everything
For everyone in law
🟢
53 Bare Act PDFs
Beautiful, colorful PDFs to read anywhere
🟢
110+ complimentary PDFs
100 Law Notes + Legal Maxims, and more...
Pay just once
₹340
Free updates
Read all details Buy all Law PDFs
For those who have read Bare Acts
🟠
23 subject wise tests
These tests have MCQs from one law subject
🟠
10 mixed law tests
These tests have MCQs from multiple subjects
Pay just once
₹1200
Keep test PDFs forever
Read all details Buy all Law Tests
Best Value: ₹215 Discount
🟡
All Law PDFs worth Rs 340
53 Bare Act PDFs + All complimentary PDFs
🟡
All Law Tests worth Rs 1200
33 tests + 33 test PDFs
Pay just once
₹1325
All PDFs for lifetime
Read all details Buy all PDFs and all Tests