Holding Banned Notes Punishable According To New Lok Sabha Bill

Holding Banned Notes Punishable According To New Lok Sabha Bill NEW DELHI:  The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill which makes holding of more than 10 old notes of Rs. 500/1,000 denomination punishable with a minimum fine of Rs. 10,000, with the government saying the aim was to check parallel economy using the scrapped(खत्म कर दिया)  notes. Piloting the Specified Bank Notes

(Cessation (समाप्ति) of Liabilities(देयताएं) ) Bill, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said it will extinguish the government's liability towards scrapped notes and also eliminate the possibility of their bring used as parallel (समानांतर) currency. "No economy survives with ceased (रह गए)currency that operates in the market. There will be anarchy in the country if non-legal currency operated parallel in the market," Mr Jaitley said while replying to the discussion on the Bill which was approved by the House after rejecting the amendments moved by opposition members.

The Bill, to replace the ordinance promulgated (प्रख्यापित)on December 30, also provides for a minimum fine Rs. 50,000 for false declaration by persons who were abroad during the demonetisation period (November 9-December 30, 2016) and given time to deposit the scrapped notes with RBI till March 31.