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adapted and intended; or
(v) makes or mends, or begins or prepares to make or mend, or has in his
possession, or disposes of any press for coinage, or any tool, instrument or
machine which is adapted for cutting round blanks out of gold, silver or other
metal, knowing the press, tool, instrument or machine to have been used or to be
intended to be used for making any counterfeit coin,
is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for life.
356. Clipping
Any person who deals with any coin in such a manner as to diminish its weight, with intent
that when so dealt with it may pass as coin, is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment
for seven years.
357. Melting down of coin
Any person who melts down, breaks up or defaces by stamping thereon any name, word or
mark any coin current for the time being in Tanzania is guilty of an offence, and is liable to
imprisonment for two years or to a fine of fifty thousand shillings or to both.
358.
Impounding and destruction of counterfeit coin
(1) Any officer of the Government or the manager of any bank who receives, during the
performance of his duties, any coin which he has reasonable ground for believing to be
counterfeit coin shall impound such coin and transmit it to an officer of the Bank of Tanzania
appointed by the Bank for the purpose who may cut, deface or destroy it with or without
compensation, as he thinks fit, if in his opinion it is counterfeit.
(2) The decision of an officer of the Bank of Tanzania appointed by the Bank for the purpose
that a coin is counterfeit and that compensation should be granted or withheld shall be final,
and no person shall be entitled to claim, and no proceedings or action shall be brought, against
the Bank of Tanzania or the Government in respect of any loss or damage suffered by reason
of such impounding and cutting, defacing or destruction.
359. Possession of clippings
Any person who unlawfully has in his possession, or disposes of any filings, or clippings of
gold or silver, or any gold or silver in bullion, dust, solution or any other state, obtained by
dealing with gold or silver coin in such a manner as to diminish its weight, knowing the same to
have been so obtained, is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.
360. Uttering counterfeit coin
Any person who utters any counterfeit coin, knowing it to be counterfeit, is guilty of an