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.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this section and of sections 489B, 489C, 489D and 489E, 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.
481 IPC Using a false property mark
482 IPC Punishment for using a false property mark
483 IPC Counterfeiting a property mark used by another
484 IPC Counterfeiting a mark used by a public servant
485 IPC Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark
486 IPC Selling goods marked with a counterfeit property mark
487 IPC Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods
488 IPC Punishment for making use of any such false mark
489 IPC Tampering with property mark with intent to cause injury
489A IPC Counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes
489B IPC Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes
489C IPC Possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes
489E IPC Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes