Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (CURRENCY) ACT 1981

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   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  

   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  

   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