ORDINANCE No. 6 OF 1865.
Forgery.
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sembling part of a bank note or bill, or having any paper on which the same is impressed.
number, figure, device, character or ornament the impression taken from device, re- which shall resemble or apparently be intended to resemble any part of a bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill 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 corporate, company or person carrying on the business of bankers, or shall use, or knowingly have in his custody or possession, any such plate, wood, stone, or other material, or any other instrument or device for the impressing or making upon any paper or other material any word, number, figure, character, or ornament which shall resemble or apparently be intended to resemble any part of a bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England or of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, or of any such other body corporate, company, or person as aforesaid, or shall knowingly offer, utter, dispose of, or put off, or have in his custody or possession, any paper or other material upon which there shall be an impression of any such matter as aforesaid, 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.
19. Whosoever, without lawful authority or excuse (the proof whereof shall lie on the party accused), shall make or use any frame, mould or instrument for the manufacture of paper, with the name or firm of any body corporate, company, or person carrying on the business of bankers, (other than and except the Banks of England and Ireland respectively), appearing visible in the substance of the paper, or knowingly have in his custody or possession, any such frame, mould or instrument, or make, use, sell, expose to sale, utter or dispose of, or knowingly have in his custody or possession, any paper in the substance of which the name or firm of any such body corporate, company or person shall appear visible, or by any art or contrivance cause the name or firm of any such body corporate, company, or person to appear visible in the substance of the paper upon which the same shall be written or printed, 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.
Making or having fucrld for making paper with the name of any banker, or making or having such paper.
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