Singapore legislation
Section 30
of Currency Act
Section 30
Mutilating, destroying or defacing currency notes and coins
Amended by11/8211/82
(1)
Any person who —
(a)
mutilates or destroys any currency note or coin;
(b)
causes any change in a coin so as to destroy or diminish its value or utility;
(c)
prints or stamps, or by any like means writes, or impresses, on any currency note any mark, word, letter or figure; or
(d)
defaces any coin by stamping thereon any name or word, whether the coin is or is not thereby diminished or lightened,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.
Amended by11/82
(2)
Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or affecting the provisions of the Penal Code (Cap.224). [29
Amended by11/82