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424                Proceeds of Crime Act 2008                 c.13

               SCH. 5                    “unlawful conduct” has the same meaning as in the Proceeds of
                                             Crime Act 2008.

                                         (2) Where cash consists of a forged or counterfeit version of
                                     any instrument or currency, it shall be taken, for the purposes of this
                                     Part, to have the value it would have had were it genuine.

                                         (3) The Treasury may by order prescribe —

                                         (a) any type of monetary instrument to be cash for the purposes
                                             of the definition of “cash” in subsection (1); and

                                         (b) any amount for the purposes of the definition “prescribed
                                             amount” in subsection (1).



                           Officer may  76B.  (1) An officer may require a person who is exporting or
                           require   importing goods —
                           disclosure
                           of cash
                                         (a) to disclose if the goods consist of or include cash with a
                                             value in excess of the prescribed amount; and

                                         (b) to answer questions in respect of any such cash.

                                         (2) The Treasury may by order prescribe the form and manner
                                     in which disclosures under subsection (1) are to be made.


                           Persons   76C. (1) A person entering or leaving the Island and carrying, or
                           entering  otherwise having in their possession or control, cash with a value in
                           and leaving
                           the Island  excess of the prescribed amount must declare that value to an officer.
                                         (2) The Treasury must by order prescribe the form and manner
                                     in which declarations under subsection (1) are to be made.

                                         (3) An officer may require a person entering or leaving the
                                     Island —

                                         (a) to disclose the value of any cash —

                                                 (i) contained in his or her baggage;

                                                 (ii) carried with the person; or

                                                (iii) contained in any vehicle in which the person is
                                                     travelling;

                                         (b) to answer questions in respect of any such cash; and

                                         (c) to produce his or her baggage for inspection by the officer.

                                         (4) The Treasury may by order prescribe the form and manner
                                     in which disclosures under subsection (3)(a) are to be made.

                                         (5) A person who, when required to produce his or her baggage,
                                     refuses or fails to do so, commits an offence and is liable —
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