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c. 45
PART II
Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981
(b) in subsection (2):-
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(i) for the words A constable' there shall be substituted" The procurator fiscal "; and
(ii) for the words "a magistrates' court" there shall be substituted" the sheriff court ".
Directors'
etc. liability.
Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980. 1980 c. 62.
25.-(1) Where an offence under section 18 or 19 of this Act which has been committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of that offence and be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(2) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (1) above shall apply in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of the body corporate.
26. In Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 there shall be added at the end the following—
"CUSTOMS AND EXCISE MANAGEMENT ACT 1979. The following provisions in so far as they have effect in relation to the prohibi- tions contained in sections 20 and 21 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 namely:-
Sections 50(2) and (3) Section 68; and Section 170
(various offences com- mitted in connection with contraventions of prohi- bitions on the import and export of counterfeits of currency notes or protec- ted coins).
THE FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING ACT 1981 sections 14 to 16 (certain offences relating to counterfeiting).
Two officials autho- rised to do so by the Secretary of State, being officials of the authority or body which may lawfully issue the currency notes or protected coins referred to in column 3 hereof.
Two officials autho- rised to do so by the Secretary of State, being officials of the authority or body which may lawfully issue the currency notes or protected coins referred to in column 3 hereof.
That the coin or note identified in the certificate by reference to a label or otherwise is a counter- feit of a currency note or pro- 66 currency tected coin; where
" has the meaning assigned note to it by section 27(1)(a) of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, and
'protected coin " means any coin which is custo- marily used as money in the United Kingdom, any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland.
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That the coin or note identified in the certificate by reference to a label or otherwise is a counter- feit of a currency note or pro- 66 currency tected coin; where note " has the meaning assigned to it by section 27(1)(a) of that Act, and protected coin ” means any coin which is custo- marily used as money in the United Kingdom, any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland.".
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