Section 8Prohibition of receipt by local authorities and railways as money of metal which is not coin

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8. Prohibition of receipt by local authorities and railways as money of metal which is not coin (1) No piece of metal which is not coin as defined in the [Penal Code] shall be received as money by or on behalf of any railway-administration or local authority. (2) If any person on behalf of a railway-administration, or on behalf of a local authority, or on behalf of the lessee of the collection of any toll or other impost leviable by a railway-administration or local authority, receives as money any piece of metal which is not such coin as aforesaid, he shall be punished with fine which may extend to ten [Taka].

1. 10. The word “Taka” was substituted, for the word “rupees” by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)