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Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981

Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 s 15

s 15 Offences of passing etc. counterfeit notes and coins.

(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.

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