Crimes Ordinance
Part XI
11-8
Section 100
Cap. 200
commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment
to imprisonment for 3 years.
100.
Offences involving the custody or control of counterfeit notes
and coins
(1) A person who has in his custody or under his control any
thing which is, and which he knows or believes to be, a
counterfeit of a currency note or of a protected coin, intending
either to pass or tender it as genuine or to deliver it to another
with the intention that he or another shall pass or tender it as
genuine, commits an offence and is liable on conviction on
indictment to imprisonment for 14 years.
(2) A person who has in his custody or under his control, 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, commits an offence and is liable on
conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 3 years.
(3) For the purposes of this section it is immaterial that a coin
or note is not in a fit state to be passed or tendered or that
the making or counterfeiting of a coin or note has not been
finished or perfected.
101.
Offences involving the making or custody or control of
counterfeiting materials and implements
(1) A person who makes, or has in his custody or under his
control, any thing which he intends to use or permit any other
person to use for the purpose of making a counterfeit of a
currency note or of a protected coin with the intention that
it be passed or tendered as genuine, commits an offence and
is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 14
years.
(2) A person who, without lawful authority or excuse, makes, or
has in his custody or under his control, any thing which, to
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