Government Notifies Law To Make Banned Note Possession Punishable

New Delhi: The government has notified the law that makes holding of more than 10 scrapped notes punishable with a minimum fine of Rs 10,000. The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act, 2017, was passed by Parliament last month with a view to eliminating the "possibility of running a parallel economy" using the old Rs 500/1,000 notes that have been demonetised. The law, signed by President Pranab Mukherjee on February ...