Whoever, without lawful authority, takes
out of any mint, lawfully established in India, any coining tool or instrument, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to
fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BNS Section 188.\u00a0\u00a0 Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint. Whoever, without lawful authority, takesout of any mint, lawfully established in India, any coining tool or instrument, shall be punished withimprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable tofine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/expertvakil.com\/indiankanoon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/the-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita-bns-section-188.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"BNS Section 188","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[110,119,104,109,120,105,118,108,111,112,117,121,122,113,114,115],"class_list":["post-2656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita-bns","tag-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita","tag-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita-in-english","tag-bns","tag-bns-2023","tag-bns-english","tag-bns-section","tag-bns-section-in-english","tag-bns-sections-list","tag-expert-vakil","tag-expertvakil","tag-expertvakil-bns","tag-indian-kanoon","tag-indiankanoon","tag-ishan-tathagat","tag-ishantathagat","tag-new-ipc"],"yoast_head":"\n