Part 4

Miscellaneous

False monetary instruments

False monetary instruments: England and Wales and Northern Ireland
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1
Section 5 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c. 45) (offences relating to money orders, share certificates, passports, etc.) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (5)—
a
in paragraph (g), at the end there is inserted “ and other bills of exchange ”,
b
after paragraph (h) there is inserted—
ha
bankers' drafts;
hb
promissory notes;
,
c
after paragraph (j) there is inserted—
ja
debit cards;
.
3
After subsection (6) there is inserted—
7
An instrument is also an instrument to which this section applies if it is a monetary instrument specified for the purposes of this section by an order made by the Secretary of State.
8
The power under subsection (7) above is exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
S. 88 in force at 26.4.2004 by S.I. 2004/786, art. 3