Section 21: Prohibition of exportation of counterfeit notes and coins.

Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 · 1981 c. 45View on legislation.gov.uk

Part II: Counterfeiting and Kindred Offences

The exportation of a counferfeit of a currency note or of a protected coin without the consent of the Treasury is hereby prohibited.

A counterfeit of a currency note or of a protected coin which is removed to the Isle of Man from the United Kingdom shall be deemed to be exported from the United Kingdom—

for the purposes of this section; and
for the purposes of the customs and excise Acts, in their application to the prohibition imposed by this section.

In section 9(1) of the Isle of Man Act 1979 (which relates to the removal of goods from the United Kingdom to the Isle of Man) after the word "below" there shall be inserted the words "and section 21(2) of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981".

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