Section 344: Prohibition on destroying or defacing Uganda's silver coins

(1)Any person who melts down, breaks up, defaces by stamping thereon any name, word or mark or uses otherwise than as currency any silver coin current for the time being in Uganda commits a misdemeanour and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding twelve currency points or to imprisonment for a term of six months, or both; except that any officer of the Government or the manager of any bank who receives during the performance of his or her duties any coin which he or she has reasonable ground for believing to be counterfeit coin shall impound the coin and transmit it to the treasury officer of accounts, who may cut, deface or destroy it with or without compensation, as he or she thinks fit, if in his or her opinion it is counterfeit.

(2)The decision of the treasury officer of accounts that a coin is counterfeit and that compensation should be granted or withheld shall be final, and no person shall be entitled to claim, and no proceedings or action shall be brought against the treasury officer of accounts or the Government in respect of any loss or damage suffered by reason of such impounding and cutting, defacing or destruction.