Section 44: Forgery
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
44. Forgery
Any person who—
(a) forges, counterfeits or alters a currency note or a word, figure,
mark, sign, signature or facsimile upon or attached to the note; or
(b) offers, utters, disposes of, or passes off a currency note, knowing it to be forged or counterfeited or altered,
shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 2 million rupees and to penal servitude.