PPC § 254 — Delivery of coin as genuine which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know

Statutory text (English)

to be altered. Whoever delivers to any other person as genuine or as a coin of a different description
from what it is, or attempts to induce any person to receive as genuine, or as a different coin from what
it is, any coin in respect of which he knows that any such operation as that mentioned in sections 246,
247, 248 or 249 has been performed, but in respect of which he did not, at the time when he took it
into his possession, know that such operation had been performed, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine to an amount
which may extend to ten times the value of the coin for which the altered coin is passed, or attempted
to be passed.

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Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.254: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 95, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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