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Part IIU.K. Counterfeiting and Kindred Offences

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. II (ss.14-28) extended (17.8.1999) by S.I. 1999/2095, art. 2(1)

OffencesU.K.

15 Offences of passing etc. counterfeit notes and coins.U.K.

(1)It is an offence for a person—

(a)to pass or tender as genuine any thing which is, and which he knows or believes to be, a counterfeit of a currency note or of a protected coin; or

(b)to deliver to another any thing which is, and which he knows or believes to be, such a counterfeit, intending that the person to whom it is delivered or another shall pass or tender it as genuine.

(2)It is an offence for a person to deliver to another, without lawful authority or excuse, any thing which is, and which he knows or believes to be, a counterfeit of a currency note or of a protected coin.