Section 160 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria. Tender of defaced coin not legal tender: penalty for uttering

Any person who utters any current coin which is defaced by the stamping of any name or word thereon, is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of four naira.

A prosecution for any such offence cannot be commenced without the consent of a law officer. A tender of payment in money made in any coin so defaced is not a legal tender.

Section 160 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria

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