[No. 50.]
Pt.5 S.34
Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud
Offences) Act, 2001.
[2001.]
(b) delivers any such thing to another person with the intention
that that person or any other person shall pass or tender
it as genuine,
is guilty of an offence.
(2) A person who, without lawful authority or excuse, delivers to
another person anything which is, and which he or she knows or
believes to be, a counterfeit of a currency note or coin is guilty of an
offence.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on
conviction on indictment to a fine or imprisonment for a term not
exceeding—
(a) in the case of an offence under subsection (1), 10 years, or
(b) in the case of an offence under subsection (2), 5 years,
or both.
Custody or control
of counterfeit
currency notes and
coins.
35.—(1) A person who has in his or her custody or under his or
her control any thing which is, and which he or she knows or believes
to be, a counterfeit of a currency note or coin, intending either—
(a) to pass or tender it as genuine, or
(b) to deliver it to another with the intention that that person
or any other person shall pass or tender it as genuine,
is guilty of an offence.
(2) A person who, without lawful authority or excuse, has in his
or her custody or under his or her control any thing which is, and
which he or she knows or believes to be, a counterfeit of a currency
note or coin is guilty of an offence.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on
conviction on indictment to a fine or imprisonment for a term not
exceeding—
(a) in the case of an offence under subsection (1), 10 years, or
(b) in the case of an offence under subsection (2), 5 years,
or both.
Materials and
implements for
counterfeiting.
36.—(1) A person who makes, or has in his or her custody or
under his or her control, any thing which he or she intends to use,
or to permit any other person to use, for the purpose of making a
counterfeit of a currency note or coin with the intention that it be
passed or tendered as genuine is guilty of an offence.
(2) A person who, without lawful authority or excuse, has in his
or her custody or under his or her control any thing which is or has
been specially designed or adapted for making a counterfeit of a
currency note or coin is guilty of an offence.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on
conviction on indictment to a fine or imprisonment for a term not
exceeding—
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