BIRTISH DOLLAR (CHOPPING) ORDINANCE, 1895

BIRTISH DOLLAR (CHOPPING) ORDINANCE, 1895

No. 7 of 1895.
An Ordinance to prohibit the defacing or chopping of
British dollars.
[23rd August, 1895.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the British Dollar
(Chopping) Ordinance, 1895.

2. In this Ordinance, British dollar means the dollar
coined in pursuance of Her Majesty's Order in Council (the
British Dollar Order, 1895) dated the 2nd day of February,
1895.

3.-(1) It is herety declared to be a misdemeanor to
deface any British dollar by stamping thereon any name, or
word, or mark, or by cutting, punching, or chopping such
dollar in any way whatever.
(2) No tender of payment of money made in this colony
in such dollars so defaced shall be a legal tender.
[Originally No. 19 of 1895. Law Rev. Ord., 1923.] Short title. Interpretation. Prohibition of defacing of British dollars.

[Originally No. 19 of 1895. Law Rev. Ord., 1923.] Short title. Interpretation. Prohibition of defacing of British dollars.

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