To provide for the prevention of the counterfeiting of coin and the forging or altering of certain bank notes and for matters incidental thereto, to provide for certain persons being dealt with under the law relating to extradition, and to amend the Native Territories Penal Code (Act No. 24 of 1886 of the Cape of Good Hope), the Crimes Ordinance, 1904, of the Transvaal, the South African Reserve Bank Act, 1944, and the Criminal Procedure Act, 1955.

Latest Developments:

The Prevention of Counterfeiting of Currency Act, 1965 (Act No. 16 of 1965) has been amended by Judicial Matters Second Amendment Act, 2003 (Act No. 55 of 2003), Government Gazette 26206, dated 31 March 2004.

The Prevention of Counterfeiting of Currency Act, 1965 (Act No. 16 of 1965) has been amended by Judicial Matters Amendment Act, 1998 (Act No. 34 of 1998), Government Gazette 19022, dated 3 July 1998.

The Prevention of Counterfeiting of Currency Act, 1965 (Act No. 16 of 1965) has been amended by General Law Amendment Act, 1996 (Act No. 49 of 1996), Government Gazette 17477, dated 4 October 1996.

The Prevention of Counterfeiting of Currency Act, 1965 (Act No. 16 of 1965) has been amended by Justice Laws Rationalisation Act, 1996 (Act No. 18 of 1996), Government Gazette 17129, dated 19 April 1996.

The Prevention of Counterfeiting of Currency Act, 1965 (Act No. 16 of 1965) has been amended by South African Reserve Bank, 1989 (Act No. 90 of 1989), Government Gazette 11942, dated 14 June 1989.

The Prevention of Counterfeiting of Currency Act, 1965 (Act No. 16 of 1965) has been amended by Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977), Government Gazette 5532, dated 6 May 1977.

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