Indian Penal Code, 1860

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Sections	Particulars
Chapter XVIII	Of Offences Relating To Documents And To 173[***] Property Marks
489D	Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes
Description	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 152[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.]