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123. Defacement, etc., of legal tender notes and consolidated bank notes.

(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to do any of the following things, that is to say -

(a) to cut, tear, or otherwise mutilate, or to interfere with any security device on or contained in, a legal tender note or a consolidated bank note, or

(b) to write, print, draw, stamp, emboss, or in any other way impress on a legal tender note or a consolidated bank note any letter, figure, design, or other mark, or

(c) to perforate a legal tender note or a consolidated bank note, whether the perforations do or do not form or represent any letter, figure, or other design, or

(d) to attach or affix to a legal tender note or a consolidated bank note any memorandum, advertisement or other writing.

(2) Every person who commits any act in relation to a legal tender note or a consolidated bank note which is a contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £1,000.

(3) The fact that a legal tender no

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