The Principal Act is hereby amended -
(a) in section 55, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):
"(1) If any person makes, or causes to be made, or uses for any purpose whatsoever, or utters any document purporting to be, or in any way resembling, or so nearly resembling as to be calculated to deceive, a bank note or part of a bank note, he shall be guilty of an offence under this subsection and shall be liable -
(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000 or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to both, or
(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding £10,000 or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or to both.";
(b) in section 56, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):
"(2) Every person who makes, provides, issues, re-issues, or gives or receives in payment any document in contravention of subsection (1) of t
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