Currency Act
(CHAPTER 69)

(Original Enactment: Act 5 of 1967)

REVISED EDITION 1992
(9th March 1992)
An Act to establish the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore, and the national currency of Singapore, and to provide for matters connected therewith.
[7th April 1967]
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Short title
1.  This Act may be cited as the Currency Act.
Interpretation
2.  In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“Board” means the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore, established by section 3;
“currency” means currency notes and coins which are legal tender in Singapore;
“foreign” means pertaining to a country other than Singapore;
“foreign exchange” means foreign currencies and claims in and to foreign currencies;
“issue” includes reissue.
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