Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic 

Article 233. Counterfeit of money and securities 

1. Manufacturing for the purpose of sale or storage, as well as the sale of counterfeit banknotes, metal coins, securities or foreign currency or securities in foreign currency – shall be punished with a fine from 1000 to 2000 calculation indices or imprisonment for a term of up to five years. 

2. The same acts committed: 

1) on a large scale; 

2) by a group of persons; 

3) by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, - shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of five to eight years. 

3. Acts provided for in parts 1 or 2 of this article, committed by an organized group or as part of a criminal community, - are punished with imprisonment for a term of eight to ten years with confiscation of property. 

Note. A large scale in this article recognizes the dignity of the subject of a crime, which is one thousand times higher than the calculated indicator established by the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic at the time of the crime.