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Crimes (Currency) Act 1981
7Uttering counterfeit money or counterfeit securities
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#### 7 Uttering counterfeit money or counterfeit securities
A person shall not:
(a) utter counterfeit money, knowing it to be counterfeit money; or
(b) utter a counterfeit prescribed security, knowing it to be a counterfeit prescribed security.
Penalty:
(a) in the case of a person, not being a body corporate—imprisonment for 12 years; or
(b) in the case of a person, being a body corporate—600 penalty units.