Currency Act 2020 · Updated to 28 Feb 2020 · Part III · Offences Relating to Currency
19. Restriction on use of photograph, drawing or design of currency in publication, etc.
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person
“person” means any natural person, corporation, statutory body, local authority, society, trade union, co-operative society, partnership or any other body, organisation, association or group of persons, whether corporate or unincorporated and includes the Government and any State Government;
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
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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Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit.