Criminal Code (Cap. 9)

Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 188D

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188D. Whosoever without lawful authority - (a) makes, receives, obtains, uses or knowingly has in his custody or possession, any paper intended to resemble and pass as special paper suc h as is provided and used for the making of any currency note, or any such special paper; (b) makes, receives, obtains, u ses or knowingly has in his custody or possession, any frame, mould or instrument for making such paper, or for producing in or on such paper any words, figures, letters, marks, lines, or devices, peculiar to and used in or on any such paper; (c) engraves or in any way makes upon any plate, wood, stone, or other material, o r produces in electronic or digital form, any words, figures, letters, marks, lines or devices, the print whereof resembles in whole or in part the words, figures, lette rs, marks, lines or devices, peculiar to and used i n or on any currency; (d) makes, receives, obtains, uses or knowingly has in his custody or possession any plate, wood, stone or other material, or any other electronic or digital storage device upon which any such words, letters, figures, marks, lines, or devices, have been engraved, produced or stored in electronic or digital form, or in any way made as aforesaid; (e) makes, receives, obtains, uses or knowingly has in his custody or possession any paper or other material whatsoever made upon which any such words, figures, letters, marks, lines, devices, holograms or other components or security features which serve to protect against counterfeiting, have been printed or in any way made as aforesaid; (f) makes, receives, obtains, uses or knowingly has in his custody or possession instruments, articles, computer programmes and data, and any other means specifically adapted for the counterfeiting or altering of currency; (g) makes, receives, obtains, uses or knowingly has in his custody or possession any die or other instrument or machine exclusively in tended for coinage, shall be liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term of n ot 86 CAP. 9.] CRIMINAL CODE less than thirteen months and not exceeding five years. Mutilation and defacement of currency. Added by: XLIX.2016.9.

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