Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 188B
188B. (1) Whosoever fraudulently ma kes, alters, or forges any
currency or utters any forged currency knowing the same to be
forged shall be liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a te rm of
not less than two years an d not exceeding nine years:
Provided that where the forged currency is uttered by a
person who proves that at the tim e at which it came into his cu stody
or possession he did not know the same to be forged, the
punishment shall be reduced to a term of imprisonment of not le ss
than two months and not exceeding three years.
(2) Whosoever makes use of legal facilities or materials to
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manufacture any currency in violation of the rights and conditi ons
under which such facilities or materials are to be used shall b e
liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term of not less t han
two years and not exceeding ten years.
Import, export,
transportation
and possession
of forged
currency.
Added by:
XLIX.2016.9.
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