Section 95: Knowingly offering counterfeit gold or silver coin
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95. Knowingly offering counterfeit gold or silver coin
(1) Toute personne qui, sciem- (1) Any person who knowingly
ment, aura offert, présenté ou émis offers, tenders or utters any false or
des monnaies d’or ou d’argent faus- counterfeit coin of gold or silver, reses ou contrefaites, ressemblant ou sembling or made with intent to requ’on aurait cherché à rendre res- semble any of the coins of gold or
semblantes aux monnaies d’or ou silver mentioned in sections 92 to
d’argent désignées aux sections 92, 94 shall be punished by imprison93 et 94, sera punie d’une peine ment for a term not exceeding 5
d’emprisonnement qui n’excèdera years.
pas 5 ans.
(2) Le même fait, lorsque la per- (2) Where the offender at the
sonne convaincue aura été trouvée time of such act is found to have in
avoir en sa possession, dans le même his possession, at the same time, one
temps, une ou plusieurs autres pièces or more other pieces of false or counde monnaie d’or ou d’argent ci- terfeit coin of gold or silver as above
dessus désignées, fausses ou contre- described, or where the offender,
faites, ou si la même personne a, le either the same day, or within the
même jour, ou dans les 10 jours sui- following 10 days, offers, tenders or
vants, offert, présenté ou émis aucu- utters any such other false or counne des dites monnaies fausses ou terfeit coin of gold or silver, knowing
contrefaites d’or ou d’argent, sachant the same to be false or counterfeit,
qu’elles étaient fausses ou contrefai- such offender may be punished by
tes, pourra être puni du maximum de the maximum term of imprisonment.
l’emprisonnement.
(3) En cas de récidive de délit (3) In case of a subsequent conprévu à la présente section, viction for an offence under this
section,
the punishment shall be penal servitude.
[S. 95 amended by s. 8 (b) of Act 36 of 2008 w.e.f. 6 December 2008.]
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Questions this section answers
- What is the penalty for knowingly passing off a single counterfeit gold or silver coin?
- Does the penalty increase if I am found with several counterfeit coins or repeat the offence within 10 days?