ORDINANCE No. 6 of 1865.
Forgery.
forged, or altered, 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.
37. Whosoever shall knowingly and wilfully insert or cause or permit to be inserted in any register directed or required by law to be transmitted to any Registrar or other officer any false entry of any matter relating to any baptism, marriage, or burial, or shall forge or alter, or shall offer, utter, dispose of or put off, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any copy of any register so directed or required to be transmitted as aforesaid, or shall knowingly and wilfully sign or verify any copy of any register so directed or required to be transmitted as aforesaid, which copy shall be false in any part thereof, knowing the same to be false, or shall unlawfully destroy, deface, or injure, or shall for any fraudulent purpose take from its place of deposit, or conceal, any such copy of any register, 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.
As to demanding Property upon Forged Instruments,
38. Whosoever, with intent to defraud, shall demand, receive, or obtain, or cause or procure to be delivered or paid to any person, or endeavour to receive or obtain, or to cause or procure to be delivered or paid to any person, any chattel, money, security for money, or other property whatsoever, under, upon, or by virtue of any forged or altered instrument whatsoever, knowing the same to be forged or altered, or under, upon, or by virtue of any attested copy of any will, testament, codicil, or testamentary writing, deposited in any Registrar's office in this Colony, knowing the will, testament, codicil, or testamentary writing in respect of which such attested copy shall have been obtained to have been forged or altered, or knowing such attested copy to have been obtained by any false oath, affirmation, declaration, or affidavit, 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...
Making false entries in copies of register sent to Registrar.
Demanding property upon forged instruments.
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