Cap. 204 ст. 50Obligation to deliver counterfeit currency notes and coins to the Bank.

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, a person who is in possession of any counterfeit currency note or coin shall be obliged to withdraw from circulation such currency notes or coins which that person knows or has sufficient reason to believe to be counterfeit, and shall immediately deliver it over to the Bank.

(2) A cash handler as referred to in Article 6 of Council

Regulation (EC) No 1338/2001 of 28 June 2001 laying down measures necessary for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting, and as subsequently amended, shall have an obligation to ensure that euro currency notes and coins which it has received and which it intends to put back into circulation are checked for authenticity and counterfeits are detected. Any counterfeits so detected shall be delivered immediately to the Bank.

(3) Any currency note or coin which the Bank, after examination, has determined to be counterfeit may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of in such manner and under such conditions as the Bank may determine.

(4) Where a cash handler as referred to in sub-article (2), or any other person delivers counterfeit currency notes or coins to the Bank in accordance with sub-article (1), that person shall upon request provide the Bank with information on his identity and the identity of the person through whom it received such currency notes or coins if available, as well as information on the relevant date, time and method of receipt. The provision of such information shall be considered a necessary measure in terms of paragraphs (d),

(e) and (f) of article 23(1) of the Data Protection Act.