Section 10
Power to certain persons to cut counterfeit coins.
About this Act
An Act to consolidate the laws relating to coinage and the Mints, the protection of coinage and to provide for the prohibition of melting or destruction of coins and prohibit the making or the possession thereof for issue and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Where any coin minted or issued by or
under the authority of the Government is tendered to any person authorised by the Government under
section 9 and such person has reason to believe that the coin is counterfeit, he shall by himself or through
another person cut or break the coin, and the tenderer shall bear the loss caused by such cutting or
breaking.