# Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, Section 15: Offences of passing etc. counterfeit notes and coins.


(1) It is an offence for a person—
(a) to pass or tender as genuine any thing which is, and which he knows or believes to be, a counterfeit of a currency note or of a protected coin; or
(b) to deliver to another any thing which is, and which he knows or believes to be, such a counterfeit, intending that the person to whom it is delivered or another shall pass or tender it as genuine.
(2) It is an offence for a person to deliver to another, without lawful authority or excuse, any thing which is, and which he knows or believes to be, a counterfeit of a currency note or of a protected coin.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/45/section/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/forgery-and-counterfeiting-act-1981/section-15
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