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Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 2021

Central bank functions - Currency

157: Court may order imitation currency and other things to be destroyed

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"Court can order fake money and things that made it to be destroyed"

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If you are found guilty of a crime under section 156, the court can order things you have to be destroyed. This can include fake money that looks like real currency. The court can also order the destruction of any copies of the fake money or things used to make it, like printers or computer programs.

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Part 3Central bank functions
Currency

157Court may order imitation currency and other things to be destroyed

  1. If a person is convicted of an offence under section 156, the court may order any of the following in the possession of that person to be destroyed:

  2. the reproduction or imitation currency:
    1. any copy of the reproduction or imitation currency:
      1. any plate, block, die, printer, copy of a computer program, copy of a digital file, and other article or thing used or capable of being used for printing or reproducing the reproduction or imitation currency.

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