Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00182:section:3:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00182
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 6621–9178

February 1966; or
 (b) a coin, other than a coin referred to in paragraph (a), that has been a current coin in a country other than Australia (whether or not the country concerned is still in existence) but is no longer a current coin in any country.
non‑excepted counterfeit money means counterfeit money other than an excepted counterfeit coin.
paper money means money comprising a note written, printed or otherwise made on paper or any other material.
possession includes custody.
prescribed security means any bond, debenture, stock, stock certificate, treasury bill or other like security, or any coupon, warrant or other document for the payment of money in respect of such a security, issued by the Commonwealth of Australia, by an authority of the Commonwealth of Australia or by, or with the authority of, the government of a country other than Australia.
 (2) For the purposes of this Act, a coin or paper money shall be taken to be a current coin, or current paper money if it is lawfully current in Australia or in a country other than Australia by virtue of a law in force in Australia or in that country, as the case may be.
 (3) For the purposes of this Act, a coin or paper money shall be taken to be a genuine coin or genuine paper money if it is, or has been, a current coin or current paper money in any country (whether or not the country concerned is still in existence).
 (4) Without limiting the meaning of the expression "deface", a coin or paper money shall be taken to have been defaced for the purposes of this Act if some or all of its surfaces are coated with any material.
 (5) For the purposes of this Act, a reference in section 17 or 18 to the defacement, disfigurement or mutilation of a coin or paper money that is lawfully current in Australia shall be taken not to include a reference to the defacement, disfigurement or mutilation of a coin or paper money that is lawfully so current, being a defacement, disfigurement or mutilation that was authorized by the Commonwealth of Australia.
 (6) Without limiting the meaning of "country", a reference to a country shall, for the purposes of this Act, be read as including a reference to a place that is a territory, dependency or colony (however so described) of another country.
 (7) Where a person, with intent to defraud, splits, cuts, tears or otherwise tampers with the paper or other material on which genuine paper money or a prescribed security is printed, written or made, in such a manner as to sever from the paper money or prescribed security any material part