Malaysia legislation

Section 19

of CURRENCY ACT 2020

Section 19

Currency 15

(a)

use any photograph of or any drawing or design resembling a currency note or currency coin or any part thereof, in any publication in any size, scale or colour; or

(b)

import, manufacture, sell, circulate or otherwise distribute any merchandise or product containing a photograph, drawing or design resembling a currency note or currency coin or any part thereof in any size, scale or colour.

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(2)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit.

Prohibition from melting down of currency coin