Currency and Monetary Order, 2004 (Formerly Known as Currency Act) · As enacted · Part III
Section 18
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Currency notes issued by the Board, if the notes have not been illegally dealt with, shall be legal tender up to their face value for the payment of any amount.
Coins issued by the Board, if the coins have not been illegally dealt with, shall be legal tender up to their face value in Brunei Darussalam as follows -
{a} in the case of coins of a denomination exceeding $1 - for the payment of any amount;
{b) in the case of coins of a denomination of 50 cents and $1 - for the payment of any amount not exceeding $10; and
{c) in the case of coins of a denomination lower than 50 cents - for the payment of any amount not exceeding $2.
For the purposes of this Order-
{a) a currency note shall be deemed to have been illegally dealt with where it has been impaired, diminished or affected otherwise than by fair wear and tear, or has been defaced by writing or impressing on it any mark, word, letter or figure or by perforation, cutting, splitting or in any other manner, whether the note has or has not been thereby impaired or diminished; and 232
a coin shall be deemed to have been illegally dealt with where it has been impaired, diminished, or lightened otherwise than by fair wear and tear, or has been defaced by having any mark stamped or engraved thereon, whether the coin has or has not been thereby diminished or lightened.
Lost and damaged currency.