REVENUE ACT 1889 - SECT 2 Prohibition of importation of imitation coin.

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REVENUE ACT 1889 - SECT 2

Prohibition of importation of imitation coin.

2.(1) It shall not be lawful to import or bring into the United Kingdom any
imitation coin as defined by this Act....

(2) Provided that the Commissioners of Customs, acting under the direction of
the Treasury, may permit the importation of any imitation coin in a particular
instance if they are satisfied that such importation is for the purposes of
knowledge or art, or any exhibition or collection, or for any lawful purpose,
and that the imitation coin is not likely to circulate as current coin, or to
be otherwise used for deceiving the public.

(3) Each of the following articles, if not a British [or foreign] coin, shall
be an imitation coin within the meaning of this Act, that is to say

(a)Any piece of gold, silver, copper, or bronze, or of metal or mixed metal,
purporting to be a British [or foreign] coin or a token for British [or
foreign] money, or bearing any word or device which indicates or may
reasonably be taken to indicate that the holder thereof is entitled to demand
any value in British [or foreign] money denoted thereon; and

(b)Any metal, cast, coin, or other like thing made wholly or partially of
metal or any metallic combination, and resembling in size, figure, and colour
any British [or foreign] coin, or having thereon a device resembling any
device on any British [or foreign] coin, or being so formed that it can, by
gilding, silvering, colouring, washing, or other like process, be so dealt
with as to resemble any British [or foreign] coin.

(4) In this section the expression "British coin" means any coin coined in or
for any of Her Majesty the Queen's mints or lawfully current by virtue of any
proclamation or otherwise in any part of Her Majesty's dominions, whether
within the United Kingdom or otherwise, and the expression "British money"
means money expressed in the terms of any British coin [and the expression
"foreign coin" means any coin lawfully current in any foreign country, and the
expression "foreign money" means money expressed in terms of any
foreign coin].

Ss.38 rep. by SLR 1908; 1952 c.44 s.320 sch.12 Pt.I

Part II (ss.10, 1214) rep. by 1918 c.40 s.238 sch.7NPart IV (ss.2129) rep. by
1898 c.46 s.14(5); 1910 c.8 s.96 sch.6; 1921 c.32 s.65(3) sch.5; 1952 c.44
s.320 sch.12 Pt.I; 1976 NI 23 art.17(2) sch.3

Undisposed of residue of sailors effects.

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REVENUE ACT 1889 - SECT 2