India banning crypto payments could mean jail for violations. In one of the sternest moves against the cryptocurrency market especially Bitcoin. It is reported that over a 1/3 of all cryptomarket transactions are made by Indian people.
Flouting any of these rules would also be “cognisable” which means an arrest without a warrant is possible, and “non-bailable,” it said.
The proposed legislation that would ban the use of cryptocurrencies as a method of payment in India also seeks to make those who infringe the law subject to arrest without a warrant and being held without bail, according to a source and a summary of the bill seen by Reuters.
India banning crypto payments
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has previously flagged that it plans to ban most cryptocurrencies – a move which follows measures by China this September that intensified its crackdown on cryptocurrencies, which it says is related to India crypto crime.
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According to the summary of the bill, the Indian government is planning a “general prohibition on all activities by any individual on mining, generating, holding, selling, (or) dealing” in digital currencies as a “medium of exchange, store of value and a unit of account”.
Although the government has previously said it aims to promote blockchain technology, the proposed law will also deal a blow to its use as well as to the non-fungible token market in India, lawyers said.
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