Penalty for circulating prohibited -coin.
Forfeiture of prohibited -coin.
Search under warrant of
coin import ed or export-
(4.) Any person importing or exporting coin under the provisions of any such licence shall be bound to comply with the terms in such licence specified and any person importing or exporting coin in contravention of the terms of such licence shall be liable on conviction before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and any coin imported or exported in contravention of the terms of such licence shall be forfeited. The provision contained in sub-section (2) of this section shall apply in the case of any coin exported in contravention of the terms of any such licence.
(5.) If any person shall in contravention of any such Order circulate or attempt to circulate any coin in such Order specified he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars and the coin shall be forfeited.
(6.) For the purposes of this section a person is not deemed to circulate coin who gives such coin to a banker or money-changer in exchange for other coins or for notes.
(7.) In this section the expression person " includes any Company or Association or body of persons whether incorporated or not.
7. Any coin the circulation of which in the Colony is for the time being prohibited by any such Order as afore- said found within the Colony otherwise than in the posses- sion of a banker or money-changer after the expiration of thirty days from the publication in the Gazeite of such Order may if it amounts to the nominal value of five dollars or upwards in the case of copper or bronze coin or twenty- five dollars or upwards in the case of silver coin be for- feited and may be seized without warrant by any Police Officer and detained pending adjudication.
8. A justice of the peace if satisfied by sworn informa- tion in writing that there is good cause to believe that any justice of the coin which has been imported or is in the act of being im- peace for
ported or exported in contravention of any such Order as aforesaid is likely to be found in any place to the nominal value of fifty dollars or upwards may by warrant under bis hand direct any public officer named or specified therein to enter such place and search the same and seize all coin or coins found therein the import or export of which is for the time being prohibited as aforesaid and detain the same pending adjudication.
ed in
contraven- tion of Order.
Police may arrest with- out warrant.
Forfeiture
of coin by whom de- clared.
Fine paid to informer.
9. Any person found offending against the provisions of this Ordinance may be arrested by any Police Officer with-
out warrant.
10. Forfeitures of the coin may be declared under this Ordinance:
(1.)-by the Supreme Court upon information filed
by His Majesty's Attorney-General;
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(2.)—by the convicting Court in all cases where a person is convicted of an offence against the provisions of this Ordinance in respect of such coin;
(3.)-by a Magistrate where no person is convicted
and the nominal value of the coin does not exceed five hundred dollars.
11. The Court may direct any fine or portion of a fine imposed and levied under this Ordinance to be paid to the informer.
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