Small Coins (Offences) Act : Short title. Indian Bare Acts :

Small Coins (Offences) Act,1971

Act No : 52

Section : Short title.

THE SMALL COINS (OFFENCES) ACT, 1971 ACT NO. 52 OF 1971 [11th December, 1971.] An Act to provide for the prevention of melting or destruction of small coins, hoarding of small coins for the purpose of melting or destruction thereof, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. WHEREAS an acute shortage of small coins has been felt in the country and it is necessary, in the interests of the general public, to take steps to relieve such shortage ; BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:- 1. Short title. (1) This Act may be called the Small Coins (Offences) Act, 1971. 1* * * * * *.