Section 9

The Board shall have the sole right to manage currency in Brunei

Darussalam and to issue in Brunei Darussalam notes and coins which are legal tender, and shall so manage and so issue.

Subject to the provisions of this Act no person shall issue any notes or coins, or any document or token which resembles or is likely to pass as legal tender.

Any person contravening subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, imprisonment for 7 years and a fine.

In any criminal proceedings in which the genuineness of any currency note or coin shall be in question, a certificate signed by the

Chairman of the Board that he is satisfied by personal examination that such note or coin is or is not forged, shall be held to be conclusive evidence of the same, and neither the Chairman nor any Officer of the Board shall be cross-examined with regard to the contents of such certificate unless the court otherwise orders.

Printing of notes and minting of coins.