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(1) Every coin or note or counterfeit coin or false note to which a conviction for any offence under this Part of this Act relates may be forfeited by a declaration of forfeiture made under this Act.

(2) Any coin or note the circulation of which in Ghana is for the time being prohibited by an instrument made under section 26 which is found in Ghana (otherwise than in the possession of a banker or a lawfully authorised money changer) after the expiration of thirty days from the date of publication of the instrument in the Gazette may be seized by any police officer and detained pending a declaration of forfeiture made under this Act. [As substituted by the Currency (Amendment) Decree, 1974 (NRCD 295), s.1].