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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29тп APRIL, 1865.
Uttering base Cop- per Coin,
Defacing the Coin by stamping Words thereon.
Tender of Coin so defaced not to be a
same.
15. Whosoever shall tender, utter or put off any false or counterfeit Coin resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for any of the Queen's current Copper Coin knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, or shall have in his Custody or Possession Three or more l'ieces of false or counterfeit Coin resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for any of the Queen's current Copper Coin knowing the same to be false or counterfeit and with Intent to utter or put off the same or any of them, shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding One Year, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.
16. Whosoever shall deface any of the Queen's current Gold Silver or Copper Coin, by stamping thereon any Names or Words, whether such Coin shall or shall not be thereby diminished or lightened, shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding One Year, with or without Hard Labour.
17. No Tender of Payment in Money made in any Gold Silver or Copper Coin so legal Tender and Pe- defaced by stamping as on the last preceding Section mentioned shall be allowed to be nalty for uttering the a legal Tender; and whosoever shall tender, utter or put off any Coin so defaced shall on Coviction thereof before a Police Magistrate be liable to forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Ten Dollars. Provided that it shall not be lawful for any Person to proceed for any such last-mentioned Penalty without the Consent of Her Majesty's Attorney General for this Colony.
Counterfeiting Fo- reign Gold and Silver Coin.
Bringing such counterfeit Coin into the Colony.
Penalty for utter- ing such counterfeit Coin,
Second Offence of uttering counterfeit Foreign Coin.
Third Offence.
18. Whosoever shall make or counterfeit any kind of Coin not being the Queen's current Gold or Silver Coin but resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for any Gold or Silver Coin of any Foreign Prince, State or Country shall be guilty of Felony and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for any Term not exceeding Seven Years and not less than Three Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confineinent.
19. Whosoever without lawful Authority or Excuse (the Proof whereof shall lie on the Party accused) shall bring or receive into this Colony any such false or counterfeit Coin resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for any Gold or Silver Coin of any Foreign Prince, State or Country knowing the same to be false or counterfeit shall be guilty of Felony and, being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for any Term not exceeding Seven Years and not less than Three Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.
20. Whosoever shall tender, utter or put off any such false or counterfeit Coin resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for any Gold or Silver Coin of any Foreign Prince, State or Country, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor and, being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Six Months, with or without
Hard Labour.
21. Whosoever having been so convicted as in the last preceding Section mentioned shall afterwards commit the like Offence of tendering, uttering or putting off any such false or counterfeit Coin as aforesaid, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement; and whosoever having been so convicted of a Second Offence shall afterwards commit the like Offence of tendering, uttering or putting off any such false or counterfeit Coin as aforesaid, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, shall be guilty of Felony and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for Life or for any Terin not less than Three Years--or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.
22. Whosoever shall falsely make or counterfeit any kind of Coin not being the other than Gold and Queen's current Coin but resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass
any Copper Coin or any other Coin made of any Metal or Mixed Metals of less Valu than the Silver Coin of any Foreign Prince, State or Country; shall be guilty of
Persons counter- feiting Foreign Coin
Silver Coin,
fe