THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH APRIL, 1865.
said, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited, or shall forge or alter, or utter, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any Document or Instrument having any of the said Stamps or Impressions thereon or affixed thereto, 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 Fourteen 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.
As to forging Transfers of Stock, &c:-
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3. Whosoever shall forge or alter, or shall offer, utter, dispose of, or put off, knowing Forging Transfers the same to be forged or altered, any Transfer of any Share or Interest of or in any shares, and Powers of Stock, Annuity, or other Public Fund which now is or hereafter may be transferable at any Attorney relating Bank or Public Office in this Colony, or of or in the Capital Stock of any Bank or of any Body Corporate, Company, or Society which now is or hereafter may be established by Charter, or by, under, or by virtue of any Act of Parliament or Ordinance, or shall forge or alter, or shall offer, utter, dispose of, or put off, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any Power of Attorney or other Authority to transfer any Share or Interest of or in any such Stock, Annuity, Public Fund, or Capital Stock, or to receive any Dividend or Money payable in respect of any such Share or Interest, or shall demand or endeavour to have any such Share or Interest transferred, or to receive any Dividend or Money payable in respect thereof, by virtue of any such forged or altered Power of Attorney or other Authority, knowing the same to be forged or altered, with Intent in any of the Cases aforesaid to defraud, 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 Term 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.
Owners of Stock or
4. Whosoever shall falsely and deceitfully personate any Owner of any Share or In- Personating the terest of or in any Stock, Annuity, or other Public Fund which now is or hereafter may Bank Shares, and be transferable at any Bank or Public Office in this Colony, or any Owner of any Share transferring or receiv or Interest of or in the Capital Stock of any Bank or of any Body Corporate, Company, ing &e. Dividends. or Society which now is or hereafter may be established by Charter, or by, under, or by virtue of any Act of Parliament or Ordinance, or any Owner of any Dividend or Money payable in respect of any such Share or Interest as aforesaid, or any Owner of any Money deposited in any Savings Bank in this Colony, and shall thereby transfer or endeavour to transfer any Share or Interest belonging to any such Owner or thereby receive or en- deavour to receive any Money due to any such Owner, as if such Offender were the true and lawful Owner, 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.
for transfer of Stock,
5. Whosoever shall forge any Name, Handwriting, or Signature purporting to be Forging Attestation the Name, Handwriting, or Signature of a Witness attesting the Execution of any Power to Power of Attorney of Attorney or other Authority to transfer any Share or Interest of or in any such Stock, &c. Annuity, Public Fund, or Capital Stock as is in either of the last Two preceding Sections mentioned, or to receive any Dividend or Money payable in respect of any such Share or Interest, or shall offer, utter, dispose of, or put off any such Power of Attorney or other Authority, with any such forged Name, Handwriting, or Signature thereon, knowing the same to be forged, 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 witli or without Solitary Confinement.
6. Whosoever shall wilfully make any false Entry in or wilfully alter any Word Making false entries Figure in, any of the Books of Account kept at any Savings Bank in this Colony or in Bank Books. by any Body Corporate, Company or Society which now is or hereafter may be establish- ed by Charter, or by, under, or by virtue of any Act of Parliament or Ordinance, in which Books the Accounts of the Owners of any Money deposited in such Savings Bank or of any Stock of any such Body Corporate shall be entered and kept, or shall in any Manner wilfully falsify any of the Accounts of any of such Owners in any of the said Hooks, with Intent in any of the Cases aforesaid to defraud, or shall wilfully make any Transfer of any Share or Interest of or in any such Deposit or Stock, in the Name of
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