A person who, without lawful excuse, refuses to accept the legal currencies or money of Eritrea, at the value for which they are legal currency,
Penal Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation.
Article 222
Refusal of Legal Currency · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
is guilty of refusal to accept legal tender, a Class 3 petty offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not more than 1 month, or a fine of 500 – 5,000 Nakfas, to be set in intervals of 500 Nakfas.