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Crimes (Currency) Act 1981
No. 122, 1981
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C2016C00973 C09
21 October 2016
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10 May 2018
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Part I—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Interpretation
4 Extension of Act to Territories
5 Extra-territorial operation of Act
5A Application of the Criminal Code
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Part II—Offences
6 Making counterfeit money or counterfeit securities
7 Uttering counterfeit money or counterfeit securities
8 Buying or selling non-excepted counterfeit money or counterfeit securities
9 Possessing counterfeit money or counterfeit securities
10 Import and export of counterfeit money or counterfeit securities
11 Instruments and material used for counterfeiting
12 Persons shall not import or export instruments for counterfeiting etc.
13 Conveying instruments or materials from premises
14 Information with respect to counterfeit money or counterfeit securities
15 Possessing filings, clippings etc.
16 Defacing or destroying current coins or current paper money
17 Selling defaced coins or paper money
18 Possessing defaced coins or paper money
19 Persons not to design, make, print or distribute material of certain kinds
20 Import and export of certain material forbidden
21 Machines etc. operated by coins or paper money
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Part III—Miscellaneous
22 Interpretation
23 Liability to prosecution
24 Prosecution of offences against Act
25 Jurisdiction of courts
26 Section 38 of Judiciary Act
27 Evidence of examiners of counterfeit foreign money or counterfeit foreign securities
28 Counterfeit money to be rendered incapable of use
29 Forfeiture and seizure
29A Excepted counterfeit coins not to be forfeited
30 Regulations
Schedule—International Convention for the Suppression of Counterfeiting Currency
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
