Imitation of currency
LN 46A of 1978
365. (1) Any person who, without lawful authority or excuse, the proof whereof lies on the accused, sells or offers or exposes for sale, any article which bears a design in imitation of any currency note or bank note or coin in current use in Solomon Islands or elsewhere, is guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall be liable to imprisonment for six months.
(2) Any person who makes or causes to be made or uses for any purpose whatsoever any document purporting to be, or in any way resembling, or so nearly resembling as to be calculated to deceive, any currency note, or any part thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall be liable to a fine of ten dollars in respect of each such document.
(3) Any person whose name appears on any document the making of which is an offence under this section who refuses to disclose to a police officer the name and address of the person by whom it was printed or made, is guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall be liable to a fine of twenty dollars.
(4) Where the name of any person appears on any document in respect of which any person is charged with an offence under this section or on any other document used or distributed in connection with that document, it shall be prima facie evidence that that person caused the document to be made.
Forfeiture of forged bank notes, currency notes etc.
LN 46A of 1978
366. Where any forged bank note, currency note or any counterfeit coin or any machinery, implement, utensil or material used or intended to be used for the forging of a bank note or currency note or for counterfeiting coin, is seized under a search warrant or by any police officer, the bank note, currency note, counterfeit coin, machinery, implement, utensil or material, as the case may be, shall be delivered up to the Governor-General, or to any person authorised by him for the purpose, by order of the court before which the offender is tried or if there is no trial by order of the court issuing the search warrant or by the police officer seizing such note, coin, machinery, implement, utensil or material, and upon delivery to the Governor-General or to any person authorised by him, such note, coin, machinery, implement, utensil or material shall be deemed forfeit.
