其他的法律先不管,单说不能大量使用零钱购物一法。
加拿大有货币法。转录如下:
Currency ActR.S.C., 1985, c. C-52 An Act respecting Currency SHORT TITLEMarginal note:Short title[url=]1.[/url] This Act may be cited as the http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-52Currency Act[/url]. - R.S., c. C-39, s. 1;
- 1984, c. 9, s. 2.
INTERPRETATIONMarginal noteefinitions[url=]2.[/url] In this Act, “Minister” ? ministre ? “Minister” means the Minister of Finance. “subsidiary coin”“subsidiary coin”[Repealed, R.S., 1985, c. 35 (3rd Supp.), s. 16] - R.S., 1985, c. C-52, s. 2;
- R.S., 1985, c. 35 (3rd Supp.), s. 16;
- 1996, c. 16, s. 60;
- 1999, c. 4, s. 9.
PART ICURRENCY AND COINAGEMonetary UnitMarginal note:Monetary unit[url=]3.[/url] (1) The monetary unit of Canada is the dollar. - Marginal noteenominations
(2) The denominations of money in the currency of Canada are dollars and cents, the cent being one hundredth of a dollar.
- R.S., 1985, c. C-52, s. 3;
- 1999, c. 4, s. 10.
[url=]4. to 6.[/url] [Repealed, R.S., 1985, c. 35 (3rd Supp.), s. 17] Current CoinsMarginal note:Current coins[url=]7.[/url] (1) A coin is current for the amount of its denomination in the currency of Canada if it was issued under the authority of (a) the http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/R-9Royal Canadian Mint Act[/url]; or (b) the Crown in any province of Canada before it became part of Canada and if the coin was, immediately before October 15, 1952, current and legal tender in Canada.
- Marginal noteefaced coins not current
(2) No coin that is bent, mutilated or defaced, or that has been reduced in weight otherwise than by abrasion through ordinary use, shall pass current.
- R.S., 1985, c. C-52, s. 7;
- 1999, c. 4, s. 11.
Legal TenderMarginal noteegal tender[url=]8.[/url] (1) Subject to this section, a tender of payment of money is a legal tender if it is made (a) in coins that are current under section 7; and (b) in notes issued by the Bank of Canada pursuant to the http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/B-2Bank of Canada Act[/url] intended for circulation in Canada.
- Marginal noteimitation
(2) A payment in coins referred to in subsection (1) is a legal tender for no more than the following amounts for the following denominations of coins: (a) forty dollars if the denomination is two dollars or greater but does not exceed ten dollars; (b) twenty-five dollars if the denomination is one dollar; (c) ten dollars if the denomination is ten cents or greater but less than one dollar; (d) five dollars if the denomination is five cents; and (e) twenty-five cents if the denomination is one cent.
- Marginal note:Coins of denominations greater than ten dollars
(2.1) In the case of coins of a denomination greater than ten dollars, a payment referred to in subsection (1) may consist of not more than one coin, and the payment is a legal tender for no more than the value of a single coin of that denomination. - Marginal noteifferent amounts payable on the same day
(3) For the purposes of subsections (2) and (2.1), where more than one amount is payable by one person to another on the same day under one or more obligations, the total of those amounts is deemed to be one amount due and payable on that day. (4) [Repealed, 2012, c. 19, s. 388]
- R.S., 1985, c. C-52, s. 8;
- R.S., 1985, c. 35 (3rd Supp.), s. 18;
- 1999, c. 4, s. 12;
- 2012, c. 19, s. 388.
这个法并不古老,而是在1985年重新修订过。
试想,有人拉一车五分的硬币起买一座两百万的豪宅,会怎样?当然这是个玩笑式的比喻。总之,货币法为货币的使用提供了规则。
这个法律有意义,不奇怪。 |