Section 263
Prohibition Of Burning, Tearing, Melting Bank Notes Or Coins Or Writing On Bank Notes
notes: (1) No person shall, except with the order of
the competent authority, burn a coin or bank note tendered as
currency or so melt or tear it that it is incapable of being used.
(2) No person shall write on or cross off bank notes.
(3) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the
offence referred to in sub-section (1) or (2) shall be liable to a
sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months and
a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees.