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D) Soiled, Mutilated and Imperfect Banknotes
All Bank notes including Mahatma Gandhi (New) series notes with writing or colour/ oil stains on them continue to be legal tender, provided they are decipherable. Such notes can be deposited or exchanged in any bank branch.
However, a claim in respect of bank notes which carries any extrinsic words or visible representations intended to convey or capable of conveying any message of a political or religious character or furthering the interest of any person or entity will be rejected as per Reserve Bank of India (Note Refund) Rules, 2009 [As amended by Reserve Bank of India (Note Refund) Amendment Rules, 2018].
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E) Counterfeits/Forgeries
A suspected forged note, counterfeit note or fake note is any note which does not possess the characteristics of genuine Indian currency note.