Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

Marginal note:Definitions

448 In this Part,

counterfeit money

counterfeit money includes

• (a) a false coin or false paper money that resembles or is apparently intended to resemble or pass for a current coin or current paper money,

• (b) a forged bank-note or forged blank bank-note, whether complete or incomplete,

• (c) a genuine coin or genuine paper money that is prepared or altered to resemble or pass for a current coin or current paper money of a higher denomination,

• (d) a current coin from which the milling is removed by filing or cutting the edges and on which new milling is made to restore its appearance,

• (e) a coin cased with gold, silver or nickel, as the case may be, that is intended to resemble or pass for a current gold, silver or nickel coin, and

• (f) a coin or a piece of metal or mixed metals that is washed or coloured by any means with a wash or material capable of producing the appearance of gold, silver or nickel and that is intended to resemble or pass for a current gold, silver or nickel coin; (monnaie contrefaite)

counterfeit token of value

counterfeit token of value means a counterfeit excise stamp, postage stamp or other evidence of value, by whatever technical, trivial or deceptive designation it may be described, and includes genuine coin or paper money that has no value as money; (symbole de valeur contrefait)

current

current means lawfully current in Canada or elsewhere by virtue of a law, proclamation or regulation in force in Canada or elsewhere as the case may be; (courant)

utter

utter includes sell, pay, tender and put off. (mettre en circulation)