Mutilating, destroying or defacing currency notes and coins
23.—(1) Any person who —
(a)
mutilates or destroys any currency note or coin;
(b)
causes any change in a coin so as to destroy or diminish its value or utility;
(c)
prints or stamps, or by any like means writes, or impresses, on any currency note any mark, word, letter or figure; or
(d)
defaces any coin by stamping thereon any name or word, whether the coin is or is not thereby impaired, diminished or lightened,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.
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(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or affecting the provisions of the Penal Code (Cap. 224).
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Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 6 of 2019
Mutilating, destroying or defacing currency notes and coins
23.—(1) Subject to subsections (1A) and (1B), any person who —
(a)
mutilates or destroys any currency note or coin;
(b)
causes any change in a coin so as to destroy or diminish its value or utility;
(c)
prints or stamps, or by any like means writes, or impresses, on any currency note any mark, word, letter or figure; or
(d)
defaces any coin by stamping thereon any name or word, whether the coin is or is not thereby impaired, diminished or lightened,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.
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(1A) To avoid doubt, a licensed security service provider who sells any IBNS or who employs an IBNS in carrying out cash-in-transit services is not, by reason only of such sale or employment, liable to be convicted of an offence under —
(a)
subsection (1)(a) for any mutilation or destruction of a currency note; or
(b)
subsection (1)(c) for any printing or stamping, or by any like means any writing or impressing, of any mark, word, letter or figure on a currency note,
that is caused by the activation of the IBNS.
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(1B) An applicant for a security service provider’s licence to sell any IBNS, or to employ an IBNS in carrying out cash-in-transit services, is not liable to be convicted of an offence under —
(a)
subsection (1)(a) for any mutilation or destruction of a currency note; or
(b)
subsection (1)(c) for any printing or stamping, or by any like means any writing or impressing, of any mark, word, letter or figure on a currency note,
that is caused by the activation of the IBNS in any trial or demonstration of the applicant’s IBNS that is required by a licensing officer for the purpose of deciding the application.
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(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or affecting the provisions of the Penal Code (Cap. 224).
(3) In this section —
“licensed security service provider” means a holder of a security service provider’s licence under the Private Security Industry Act (Cap. 250A) —
(a)
to sell any IBNS; or
(b)
to employ an IBNS in carrying out cash-in-transit services;
“licensing officer” means a licensing officer as defined in section 2 of the Private Security Industry Act;
“security service provider’s licence” means a security service provider’s licence granted under the Private Security Industry Act.