Section 13

Currency notes if not mutilated or imperfect shall be legal tender at their face value for the payment of any amount.

Coins shall, if such coins have not been tampered with, be legal tender at their face value for the payment of any amount in the case of coins of denomination exceeding $1, up to an amount not exceeding $10 in the case of coins of denomination of 50 cents and $1 and up to an amount not exceeding $2 in the case of coins of any lower denomination.

A coin shall be deemed to have been tampered with if it has been impaired, diminished or lightened otherwise than by fair wear and tear or has been defaced by having anything stamped or engraved thereon, whether the coin has or has not been thereby diminished or lightened.

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section the Board shall have power, on giving not less than 3 months’ notice, to call in any of its notes and coins on payment of the face value thereof and any such notes or coins shall, on the expiration of the notice, cease to be legal tender.

Lost and damaged currency.