Currency and Monetary Order, 2004 (Formerly Known as Currency Act) · s 14

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s 14

(1)

Any person who-

(a)

mutilates or destroys any currency note or coin;

(b)

causes any change in a coin so as to destroy or diminish its value or utility;

(c)

prints or stamps, or by any like means, writes or impresses, on any currency note any mark, word, letter or figure; or

(d)

defaces any coin by stamping thereon any name or word, whether the coin is or is not thereby diminished or lightened, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.

(2)

Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or affecting the provisions of the Penal Code (Chapter 22).

Printing of notes and minting of coins.