Monetary Law (Amendment)
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Chapter 422. Volume XII. , page 30.
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE MONETARY LAW ACT.
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BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and the House of Representatives of Ceylon in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: –
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Short title.
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1. This Act may be cited as the Monetary Law (Amendment) Act, No. 5 of 1968.
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Insertion of new section 59A in Chapter 422.
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2, The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 59 of the Monetary Law Act, and shall have effect as section 59A of that Act: –
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‘ Conclusive evidence of imitation of a coin or current coin.
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59A.
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(1) Where in any proceedings in any court it has to be determined whether an article purporting to be a coin or a current coin is an imitation of such coin or current coin, a certificate under the hand of the Governor of the Central Bank or, if the Governor of the Central Bank is temporarily absent from duty or temporarily unable to perform his functions and duties, a certificate under the hand of the Deputy Governor for the time being acting as the chief executive officer of the Central Bank, to the effect that such article is an imitation of a coin or a current coin, as the case may be, and is not a coin or a current coin issued or deemed to be issued by the Central Bank of Ceylon, shall be received in those proceedings as conclusive evidence of the fact that such article is an imitation of a coin or current coin.
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(2) The Governor or the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank who issues a certificate under this section shall not be examined or cross-examined with respect to that certificate.
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(3) Every certificate issued under this section shall be in the following form: –
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I Governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon*/Deputy Governor for the time being acting as the chief 17) executive officer of the Central Bank of Ceylon, do hereby certify that I have examined the article delivered in a sealed packet by……….. together with letter No……….in respect of Case No………..which purports to be a coin*/current coin of the denomination and that such article is an imitation of a coin*/current coin issued or deemed to be issued by the Central Bank of Ceylon and is not a coin*/current coin issued or deemed to be issued by the Central Bank of Ceylon.
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*Delete inapplicable words.
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(4) This section shall apply-
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(a) to proceedings in respect of all offences whether committed before or after the fifteenth day of August, 1967; and
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(b) to proceedings pending before or awaiting inquiry or trial in any court on the fifteenth day of August, 1967.
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(5) In this section, the expression ” current coin ” shall have the same meaning as in the Penal Code.’.
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