BRITISH DOLLAR (CHOPPING) ORDINANCE, 1895

BRITISH DOLLAR (CHOPPING) ORDINANCE, 1895

No. 7 of 1895.

An0,rdinance to prohibit the defacing or chopping of BTitish
dollars.
[23rd August, 1895.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the British Dollar (Chop-
ping) 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 hereby 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.] Short title. Interpretation. Prohibition of defacing of British dollars.

[Originally No. 19 of 1895.] Short title. Interpretation. Prohibition of defacing of British dollars.

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