Part IIU.K. Counterfeiting and Kindred Offences

Prohibition of importation and exportation of counterfeitsU.K.

21 Prohibition of exportation of counterfeit notes and coins.U.K.

(1)The exportation of a counferfeit of a currency note or of a protected coin without the consent of the Treasury is hereby prohibited.

(2)A counterfeit of a currency note or of a protected coin which is removed to the Isle of Man from the United Kingdom shall be deemed to be exported from the United Kingdom—

(a)for the purposes of this section; and

(b)for the purposes of the customs and excise Acts, in their application to the prohibition imposed by this section.

(3)In section 9(1) of the M1Isle of Man Act 1979 (which relates to the removal of goods from the United Kingdom to the Isle of Man) after the word “below” there shall be inserted the words “and section 21(2) of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2The text of ss. 12, 21(3), 23, 26, 29, 30 and Sch. is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

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