The Indian Coinage Act 1870, 23 of 1870, (Rep., Act 03 of 1906)

Section 14. The double pice shall be a legal tender for the thirty-second part of a rupee or for half an anna;

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

14. The double pice shall be a legal tender for the thirty-second part of a rupee or for half an anna; the pice for the sixty-fourth part of a rupee or for one-fourth of an anna; the half pice for the one hundred and twenty-eighth part of a rupee or for one-eighth of an anna; and the pie for the hundred and ninety-second part of a rupee or for one-twelfth of an anna: Provided that none of the said copper coins shall be a legal tender, except for the fractions of a rupee.

Source: India Code