### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

95. Interpretation
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—
customs officer (關員級人員) has the meaning assigned to that term in section 2 of the Customs and Excise Service Ordinance (Cap. 342); (Amended 21 of 2020 s. 87)
immigration officer (入境事務主任) has the meaning assigned to that term in section 2 of the Immigration Ordinance (Cap. 115);
Monetary Authority (金融管理專員) means the Monetary Authority appointed under section 5A of the Exchange Fund Ordinance (Cap. 66). (Added 82 of 1992 s. 26)

96. Meaning of currency note (流通紙幣) and protected coin (受保護硬幣) 
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—
currency note (流通紙幣) means—(a) a note which—
(i) has been lawfully issued in Hong Kong;
(ii) is or has been customarily used as money in Hong Kong; and
(iii) is payable on demand; or
(b) a note which—
(i) has been lawfully issued elsewhere than in Hong Kong; and
(ii) is or has been customarily used as money in the country or territory where it was issued; (Amended 80 of 1997 s. 80)

protected coin (受保護硬幣) means any coin which is—(a) customarily used as money in any country or territory; or
(b) designated as a protected coin by the Monetary Authority under section 107. (Amended 82 of 1992 s. 27)

### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

97. Meaning of counterfeit (偽製品)
(1) For the purpose of this Part—
(a) a thing is a counterfeit of a currency note or of a protected coin, if it is—
(i) not a currency note or protected coin but resembles a currency note or protected coin (whether on one side only or on both) to such an extent that it is reasonably capable of passing for a currency note or protected coin of that description; or
(ii) a currency note or protected coin which has been so altered that it is reasonably capable of passing for a currency note or protected coin of some other description;
(b) a thing consisting of one side only of a currency note, with or without the addition of other material, is capable of being a counterfeit of such note;
(c) a thing consisting of—
(i) parts of 2 or more currency notes; or
(ii) parts of a currency note, or parts of 2 or more currency notes, with the addition of other material,
is capable of being a counterfeit of a currency note.
(2) References in this Part to passing or tendering a counterfeit of a currency note or of a protected coin are not to be construed as confined to passing or tendering it as legal tender.

98. Offences of counterfeiting notes and coins
(1) A person who makes a counterfeit of a currency note or protected coin, intending that he or another shall pass or tender it as genuine, commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 14 years.
(2) A person who makes a counterfeit of a currency note or protected coin, without lawful authority or excuse, commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 3 years.

99. Offences of passing, etc. counterfeit notes and coins
(1) A person who—
(a) passes or tenders as genuine any thing which is, and which he knows or believes to be, a counterfeit of a currency note or of a protected coin; or
(b) delivers to another any thing which is, and which he knows or believes to be, such a counterfeit, intending that the person to whom it is delivered, or another, shall pass or tender it as genuine,
commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 14 years.
(2) A person who delivers to another, without lawful authority or excuse, any thing which is, and which he knows or believes to be, a counterfeit of a currency note or of a protected coin, commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 3 years.

### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

100. Offences involving the custody or control of counterfeit notes and coins
(1) A person who has in his custody or under his control any thing which is, and which he knows or believes to be, a counterfeit of a currency note or of a protected coin, intending either to pass or tender it as genuine or to deliver it to another with the intention that he or another shall pass or tender it as genuine, commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 14 years.
(2) A person who has in his custody or under his control, without lawful authority or excuse, any thing which is, and which he knows or believes to be, a counterfeit of a currency note or of a protected coin, commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 3 years.
(3) For the purposes of this section it is immaterial that a coin or note is not in a fit state to be passed or tendered or that the making or counterfeiting of a coin or note has not been finished or perfected.

101. Offences involving the making or custody or control of counterfeiting materials and implements
(1) A person who makes, or has in his custody or under his control, any thing which he intends to use or permit any other person to use for the purpose of making a counterfeit of a currency note or of a protected coin with the intention that it be passed or tendered as genuine, commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 14 years.
(2) A person who, without lawful authority or excuse, makes, or has in his custody or under his control, any thing which, to his knowledge, is or has been specially designed or adapted for the making of a counterfeit of a currency note, commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 3 years.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), a person who makes, or has in his custody or under his control, any implement which, to his knowledge, is capable of imparting to any thing a resemblance to the whole or part—
(a) of either side of a protected coin; or
(b) of the reverse of the image on either side of a protected coin,
commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 3 years.
(4) It shall be a defence for a person charged under subsection (3) to show that he—
(a) made the implement or, as the case may be, had it in his custody or under his control, with the consent in writing of the Monetary Authority; or (Amended 82 of 1992 s. 28)
(b) had some other lawful authority, or a lawful excuse, for making it or having it in his custody or under his control.