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• Coinage Offences 
• 1 Short title
• PART I Preliminary
  • 2 Interpretation
• PART II Coinage Offences
  • 3 Counterfeiting gold or silver coin
  • 4 Colouring counterfeit coin or pieces of metal or genuine coin
  • 5 Impairing or diminishing gold or silver coin
  • 6 Unlawful possession of filings or clippings of gold or silver coin
  • 7 Buying, selling, etc., counterfeit gold or silver coin, for lower value than its denomination
  • 8 Importing counterfeit coin from beyond seas
  • 9 Uttering counterfeit gold or silver coin
  • 10 Uttering accompanied by possession of other counterfeit coin or followed by second uttering
  • 11 Possession of three or more pieces of counterfeit gold or silver coin
  • 12 Second offence of uttering or possession
  • 13 Uttering foreign coin, medals, etc., as current coin, with intent to defraud
  • 14 Counterfeiting, etc., copper coin
  • 15 Uttering counterfeit copper coin
  • 16 Defacing coin by stamping words thereon
  • 17 Tender of defaced coin
  • 18 Making, mending, or having possession of coining tools
• PART III Search and Arrest
  • 19 Coin suspected to be diminished or counterfeit may be cut by person to whom it is tendered
  • 20 Search for and seizure of counterfeit coin and coining tools
  • 21 Arrest of persons found committing indictable offences
• PART IV Legal Proceedings
  • 22 Incomplete state of coin not to affect commission of offences
  • 23 Repealed by 1992-17....
  • 24 Summary convictions not to be quashed for want of form
  • 25 Offences committed within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty
  • 26 Previous convictions under Act
  • 27 Fines and sureties for keeping the peace