Section 5
Forfeiture of prohibited coin
of Coin Act
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Section 5
Any coin, the circulation of which in Singapore is for the time being prohibited by any such order as aforesaid, found within Singapore otherwise than in the possession of a banker or money-changer, after the expiration of 30 days from the publication in the Gazette of such order, may, if it amounts to the nominal value of $5 or upwards in the case of copper or bronze coin, or $25 or upwards in the case of silver coin, be forfeited, and may be seized without warrant by any police officer and detained pending adjudication.