Section 13
Authority’s sole right to manage and issue currency. [S 104/2010]
of Currency and Monetary Order, 2004 ( Formerly Known as Currency Act )
(1)
The Authority shall have the sole right to manage and to issue currency notes and coins in Brunei Darussalam and only currency notes and coins issued by the Authority shall be legal tender in Brunei Darussalam.
(2)
Subject to the provisions of this Order, no person shall issue any currency notes or coins, or any document or token, which resembles or is likely to pass as legal tender.
(3)
Any person who contravenes subsection (2) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 years or both.
(4)
In any criminal proceedings in which the genuineness of any currency note or coin shall be in question, a certificate signed by an officer of the Authority authorised by the
Authority in writing in that behalf 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 no officer of the Authority shall be cross-examined with regard to the contents of such certificate unless the court otherwise orders.
(5)
Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or affecting the provisions of the Penal Code (Chapter 22).