(1) The export of bank notes or coinage to, or for the benefit of, the Central Bank of Syria is prohibited.

(2) A person must not directly or indirectly -

(a) supply or deliver bank notes or coinage from a third country to, or for the benefit of, the Central Bank of Syria;

(b) make bank notes or coinage available to, or for the benefit of, the Central Bank of Syria.

(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) are subject to Part 7 (Exceptions and licences).

(4) A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (2) commits an offence, but -

(a) it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (2)(a) ("P") to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person to whom, or for whose benefit, the bank notes or coinage were supplied or delivered was the Central Bank of Syria;

(b) it is a defence for a person charged with an offence of contravening paragraph (2)(b) ("P") to show that P did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the person to whom, or for whose benefit, the bank notes or coinage were made available was the Central Bank of Syria.