{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forgery-and-counterfeiting-act-1981/section-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forgery-and-counterfeiting-act-1981/section-28.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/45",
  "legislation_title": "Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forgery-and-counterfeiting-act-1981",
  "path": "section/28",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Meaning of “counterfeit”.",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Part of this Act a thing is a counterfeit of a currency note or of a protected coin—\n(a) if it is not a currency note or a protected coin but resembles a currency note or protected coin (whether on one side only or on both) to such an extent that it is reasonably capable of passing for a currency note or protected coin of that description; or\n(b) if it is a currency note or protected coin which has been so altered that it is reasonably capable of passing for a currency note or protected coin of some other description.\n(2) For the purpose of this Part of this Act—\n(a) a thing consisting of one side only of a currency note, with or without the addition of other material is a counterfeit of such a note;\n(b) a thing consisting—\n(i) of parts of two or more currency notes; or\n(ii) of parts of a currency note, or of parts of two or more currency notes, with the additon of other material,\nis capable of being a counterfeit of a currency note.\n(3) References in this Part of this Act to passing or tendering a counterfeit of a currency note or a protected coin are not to be construed as confined to passing or tendering it as legal tender.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/45/section/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:55.287243+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}