ORDINANCE No. 6 of 1865.
Forgery.
which shall appear any words, letters, figures, marks, lines, threads, or other devices peculiar to and appearing in the substance of any paper provided or to be provided or used for such exchequer bills, bonds, or debentures, or any part of such words, letters, figures, marks, lines, threads, or other devices, and intended to imitate the same, or shall knowingly have in his custody or possession any paper whatsoever, in the substance whereof shall appear any such words, letters, figures, marks, lines, threads, or devices as aforesaid, or any parts of such words, letters, figures, marks, lines, threads, or other devices, and intended to imitate the same, or shall cause or assist in causing any such words, letters, figures, marks, lines, threads, or devices as aforesaid, or any part of such words, letters, figures, marks, lines, threads, or other devices, and intended to imitate the same, to appear in the substance of any paper whatever, or shall take or assist in taking any impression of any such plate, die, or seal as in the last preceding section mentioned, 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.
12. Whosoever, without lawful authority or excuse (the proof whereof shall lie on the party accused), shall purchase or receive, or knowingly have in his custody or possession, any paper manufactured and provided by or under the directions of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue or Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, for the purpose of being used as exchequer bills or exchequer bonds or exchequer debentures, before such paper shall have been duly stamped, signed and issued for public use, or any such plate, die, or seal as in the last two preceding sections mentioned, 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 three years, with or without hard labour.
As to forging Bank Notes.
Having in possession
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paper, &c. for bills, &c. exchequer bank note,
13. Whosoever shall forge or alter, or shall offer, utter, dispose of, or put off, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any note or bill of exchange of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England or of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, or of any other body