The Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928 ( 18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. 13) is an Act of the

Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace ...

relating to

banknote A banknote or bank notealso called a bill (North American English) or simply a noteis a type of paper money that is made and distributed ("issued") by a bank of issue, payable to the bearer on demand. Banknotes were originally issued by commerc ...

s. Among other things, it makes it a

criminal offence In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Ca ...

to deface a banknote.

Notes

External links

* United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1928 Bank of England Criminal law of the United Kingdom Banknotes of the United Kingdom {{banknote-stub