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W1thm the meanmg of the Larceny Act, 1861. securities.

Cap. 262

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Currency Notes (West African Board) [Cap. 262
CHAPTER 262.
CURRENCY NOTES (WEST AFRICAN BOARD)
(LEGAL TENDER).
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.
SECTION.
An

Section 1 — Short title.

Section 2 — West African Currency Notes legal tender.

3. . West African Currency Notes deemed bank notes and valuable
securities.
CHAPTER 262.
CURRENCY NOTES (WEST AFRICAN BOARD)
(LEGAL TENDER).
Ordinance to make Currency Notes issued by the West
African Currency Board Legal Tender in Sierra Leone.
[23RD NovEMBER, 1918.]
15 of 1918.
20 of 1936.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Currency Notes (West Short title.
African Board) (Legal Tender) Ordinance, and shall apply to
the Colony and Protectorate.
2. All currency notes issued by the West African Cm;rency ijest African
Board under the authority of the Currency Notes Ordinance of N~~:~nl~al
Nigeria, 1916, shall be current in Sierra Leone, and shall be tender.
legal tender in Sierra Leone for the payment of any amount.

Section 3 — Currency Notes made legal tender in Sierra Leone by this ijest African

Ordinance shall be deemed to be bank notes within the meaning N~~:~n~!emed
o~th: Forgery A?ts, 1913 and 1935, and to be valuable securities ~~~kv~f:!~Ie
W1thm the meanmg of the Larceny Act, 1861. securities.

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