## IPC 244

### IPC 244 — Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/ipc/244

> 244. Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that
fixed by law.-Whoever, being employed in any mint lawfully established in 2[India], does any act, or
omits what he is legally bound to do, with the intention of causing any coin issued from that mint to be of
a different weight or composition from the weight or composition fixed by law shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to
fine.