Criminal Procedure Code 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Information to Police and Powers of Investigation
36. Forfeiture of counterfeit currency or banknote, etc.
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Any police officer of or above the rank of sergeant, upon being satisfied that any person has in the person’s possession —
police officer
“police officer” has the meaning given by the Police Force Act 2004;
any counterfeit currency or any die, instrument or material for the purpose of counterfeiting any currency; or
any forged or counterfeit banknote or any machinery, instrument or material used for the forging or counterfeiting of any banknote,may, without warrant and with or without assistance, enter and search any place where any such currency or banknote or any such die, machinery, instrument or material is kept and seize any such currency, banknote, die, machinery, instrument or material.
Anything seized under subsection (1) must, by order of the court before which any person is tried relating to such possession, or where there is no trial, by order of a Magistrate, be forfeited and must be destroyed or otherwise disposed of in such manner as the Minister may direct.
court
“court” means the Court of Appeal, the General Division of the High Court, a Family Court, a Youth Court, a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court (as the case may be) which exercises criminal jurisdiction;
In this section, “banknote”, “currency”, “die” and “instrument” have the meanings given by the Penal Code 1871.