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Engraving plates for foreign bills
ORDINANCE No. 6 of 1865.
Forgery.
term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement.
20. Whosoever, without lawful authority or excuse, (the proof whereof shall lie on the party accused), shall engrave or in anywise make upon any plate whatsoever, or upon any wood, stone, or other material, using or utter any bill of exchange, promissory note, undertaking, or order for payment
or notes, or
having such plates, or
ing paper on which any part of any
such bill or note is
printed.
Forging
deeds, bonds, &c.
of
money, or any part of any bill of exchange, promissory note, undertaking, or order for payment of money, in whatsoever language the same may be expressed, and whether the same shall or shall not be or be intended to be under seal, purporting to be the bill, note, undertaking, or order, or part of the bill, note, undertaking, or order of any Foreign Prince or State, or of any Minister or officer in the service of any Foreign Prince or State, or of any body corporate or body of the like nature, constituted or recognised by any Foreign Prince or State, or of any person or company of persons, resident in any country not under the dominion of Her Majesty, or shall use, or knowingly have in his custody or possession, any plate, stone, wood, or other material upon which any such foreign bill, note, undertaking or order or any part thereof, shall be engraved or made, or shall knowingly offer, utter, dispose of, or put off, or have in his custody or possession, any paper upon which any part of any such foreign bill, note, undertaking, or order shall be made 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.
As to forging Deeds, Wills, Bills of Exchange, &c.
21. Whosoever with intent to defraud shall forge or alter or shall offer, utter, dispose of or put off, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any deed, or any bond or writing obligatory, or any assignment at Law or in Equity of any such bond or writing obligatory, or shall forge any name, handwriting, or signature of a witness attesting the execution of any deed, bond, or writing obligatory, or shall offer, utter, dispose of or put off any deed, bond, or writing obligatory having thereon any such forged name, handwriting, or signature, 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: