Pakistan Penal Code

Section 230. “Coin” defined

Cowries are not coin.
Lumps of unstamped copper, though used as money, are not coin.
Medals are not coin, inasmuch as they are not intended to be used as money^[*]^[1]^[2]^[3]

Explanation.

A person commits this offence who intending to practise deception, or knowing it to be likely that deception will thereby be practised, causes a genuine coin to appear like a different coin.

Annotations (4)

star_omission ^[*] ↩

amendment ^[1] Ord. 86 of 02, s. 2 and Sch. I ↩

amendment ^[2] the Indian Penal Code Amdt. Act, 1872 (19 of 1872), for the original paragraph ↩

amendment ^[3] paragraph has successively been amended by the Indian Penal Code (Amdt.) Act, 1896 (6 of 1896), s. 1(1), A. O., 1937 and A. O., 1949, Sch., and A.O. 1961, Art. 2 and Sch. (w.e.f. 23rd March, 1956), to road as above. 4Illustrations (d) and (e) omitted by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (27 of 1981), s. 3 and II Sch. process of counterfeiting coin, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine ↩