(a)any counterfeit currency or any die, instrument or material for the purpose of counterfeiting any currency; or
Section history
Section 36 — Forfeiture of counterfeit currency or bank note, etc.
As in force on 10 February 2020.
Timeline 4 versions
- 2 January 2011 Enacted
- 1 January 2020 Act 15 of 2019
- 10 February 2020 You are here
- 31 December 2021 Revised edition
- 17 August 2026 Latest
(1)Any police officer of or above the rank of sergeant, upon being satisfied that any person has in his possession —
(b)any forged or counterfeit bank note or any machinery, instrument or material used for the forging or counterfeiting of any bank note,
may, without warrant and with or without assistance, enter and search any place where any such currency or bank note or any such die, machinery, instrument or material is kept and seize any such currency, bank note, die, machinery, instrument or material.
(2)Anything seized under subsection (1) shall, by order of the court before which any person is tried relating to such possession, or where there is no trial, by order of a Magistrate, be forfeited and shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of in such manner as the Minister may direct.
(3)In this section, “bank note”, “currency”, “die” and “instrument” have the same meanings as in the Penal Code.