Coinage Act, 2011
Chapter IV
Diminished, Defaced and Counterfeit Coins
9. Power to certain persons to
cut diminished or defaced coins.
1.
Where
any coin which has been minted and issued by or under the authority of the
Government is tendered to any person authorised by it to act under this
section, and such person has reason to believe that the coin
a. has been diminished
in weight so as to be more than such per cent. below standard weight as
provided in section 5; or
b. has been defaced,he
shall, by himself or through another person, cut or break the coin.
1.
2.
A
person cutting or breaking coin under the provisions of clause (a) of
sub-section (1) shall receive and pay for the coin at its face value.
3.
A
person cutting or breaking coin under the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section
(1) shall observe the following procedure, namely:
a. if such person has
reason to believe, that the coin has been fraudulently defaced, he shall return
the pieces to the person tendering the coin, who shall bear the loss caused by
such cutting or breaking;
b. if such person has
reason to believe, that the coin has not been fraudulently defaced, he shall
receive and pay for the coin at its face value.