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Section 18 - Crimes (Currency) Act 1981 - Possessing defaced coins or paper money — Zoe

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#### 18 Possessing defaced coins or paper money A person shall not have in his or her possession for sale a coin or paper money that is lawfully current in Australia and that has been defaced, disfigured or mutilated, knowing it to have been defaced, disfigured or mutilated. Penalty: (a) in the case of a person, not being a body corporate—imprisonment for 2 years or 50 penalty units, or both; or (b) in the case of a person, being a body corporate—100 penalty units.

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