Article 221
Whoever, knowingly seeks to promote invalid coins or paper currency into general circulation shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding
one year and/or a fine not exceeding five thousand (QR 5.000) Qatari Riyals.
Article 222
Whoever knowingly accepts forged, counterfeited or falsified coins or bank notes, or governmental bonds or instrument shall be punished with
imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and/or a fine not exceeding five thousand (QR 5.000) Qatari Riyals.
Article 223
Whoever rejects the face value of the national currency determined by law shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and/ a
fine not exceeding five thousand (QR 5.000) Qatari Riyals.
Article 224
Whoever makes, sells or disposes of machines, tools or other things designed to forge, counterfeit or falsify any of the stipulations of Article 218 or obtaining
them for use for this purpose shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years.
Whoever possesses these machines, tools or things and is aware of their purpose, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term up to three years.
Article 225
In all offences mentioned in this Chapter, all forged, counterfeited or falsified currencies or bonds as well as the machines used to produce them shall be
confiscated by a court order.
Article 226
Whoever informs the competent authorities before using the forged, counterfeited or falsified currency or bonds, and before the offence is discovered is to
be exempted from the penalties stipulated in this chapter; if the offender informs the competent authorities after the crime has been committed, the court
can exempt him from the penalty if the information leads to the arrest of any of the other offenders.
Chapter Four
Falsifying Weight and Measure Units