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In forceDefacing or destroying current coins or current paper money
Part IIOffences
16 Defacing or destroying current coins or current paper money
A person shall not, without the consent, in writing, of an authorized person, intentionally deface, disfigure, mutilate or destroy any coin or paper money that is lawfully current in Australia.
Penalty:
(a)
in the case of a person, not being a body corporate—imprisonment for 2 years or 50 penalty units, or both; or
(b)
in the case of a person, being a body corporate—100 penalty units.
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