Zimbabweans Face Jail for Mocking Bond Notes

"Any person who engraves, soils or makes any words, figures, letters or marks, line or devices which resembles in whole or in any part the said bank note is liable to an imprisonment for a period not exceeding seven years," according to a new proposed law.

People at a bank waiting for service in Zimbabwe (file photo).

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