Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 188D
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
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less than thirteen months and not exceeding five years.
Mutilation and
defacement of
currency.
Added by:
XLIX.2016.9.
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