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Current coin, official document and currency notes defined
Cap. 101, s. 203 · Revised Edition 2020
In this Title“banknote” includes any note or bill of exchange of the Bank of England or of any other person, body corporate, or company carrying on the business of banking in any part of the world, and 138 includes “bank bill”, “bank post bill”, “blank bank note”, “blank bank bill of exchange” and “blank bank post bill”;
“current coin” means any gold or silver coin or any other coin of any metal or mixed metal coined in or for any of Her Majesty’s mints, or lawfully current by virtue of any proclamation or otherwise in any part of Her Majesty’s dominions, whether within Belize or otherwise or lawfully current in any foreign country;
“currency notes” means currency notes issued by the Board of Commissioners of Currency under the provisions of the Currency Notes Ordinance, or by the Directors of the Central Bank of Belize under the provisions of the Central Bank of Belize Act, and any bank note and any notes issued by or on behalf of the Government of any country outside Belize and which are legal tender in the country in which they were issued.
“official document” means any document purporting to be made, used or issued by any public officer for any purpose relating to his office;
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