Counterfeiting notes and coins


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Practice notes

Counterfeiting notes and coins


Published by a ÑÇÖÞÉ«ÇéÍø Corporate Crime expert

Practice notes
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Making a counterfeit note or coin

Section 14 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (FCA 1981) makes it an offence for a person to make a counterfeit of a Currency note or of a protected coin:

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    intending that they or another shall pass or tender it as genuine, or

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    without Lawful authority or excuse

The offence is an either way offence. A person convicted on indictment would be liable to a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years and, on summary conviction, to an unlimited fine and/or a term of imprisonment not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court. See Practice Note: Sentences imposed following conviction—General limits on magistrates’ courts powers to impose custodial sentences following conviction. A serious crime prevention order can be imposed on an individual or an organisation in relation to a breach of the FCA 1981, s 14. See Practice Note: Serious crime prevention orders.

FCA 1981, s 14 draws a distinction between cases in which there is proof of an intent that the fake item shall be passed

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Forgery definition
What does Forgery mean?

There are offences consisting of making, or copying, or using, or using a copy of a false instrument; or having custody or control of specified kinds of false instruments or machines for making them: Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, ss 1–5.

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