Section 8
Power to call in coin.
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.
Notwithstanding anything contained in section 6, the Government may, by
notification, call in with effect from such date as may be specified in the notification, any coin, of
whatever date or denomination and on and from the date so specified, such coin shall cease to be a legal
tender, save to such extent as may be specified in the notification.