Currency Act - Singapore Statutes Online

Currency Act

(CHAPTER 69)

(Original Enactment: Act 5 of 1967)

REVISED EDITION 1999

(1st August 1999)

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;

“Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Board;

“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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