Crimes Ordinance
Part XI
11-14
Section 105
Cap. 200
Hong Kong coin (香港硬幣) means any coin which is legal tender
in Hong Kong;
imitation Hong Kong coin (香港硬幣的仿製品) means anything
which resembles a Hong Kong coin in shape, size and the
substance of which it is made.
105.
Prohibition of importation and exportation of counterfeit notes
and coins
A person who without the consent in writing of the Monetary
Authority— (Amended 82 of 1992 s. 31)
(a) imports, lands or unloads a counterfeit of any currency
note or protected coin; or
(b) exports a counterfeit of any currency note or protected
coin,
commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to
imprisonment for 10 years.
106.
Powers of search, forfeiture, etc.
(1) If it appears to a magistrate, from information given him on
oath, that there is reasonable cause to believe that a person
has in his custody or under his control any thing which—
(a) is a counterfeit of a currency note or protected coin;
(b) is a reproduction made in contravention of section 103
or 104; or
(c) he or another has used after the commencement of the
Crimes (Amendment) Ordinance 1992 (49 of 1992) or
intends to use, for the making of any such counterfeit or
of any such reproduction,
the magistrate may issue a warrant authorizing a police
officer, customs officer or immigration officer to search
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