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Forging any instrument however designated which is in law a will, deed, bill of exchange, &c.
Forging, &c., documents in the Colony purporting to be made out of the Colony, &c.
ORDINANCE No. 6 of 1865.
Forgery.
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 other Matters.
39. Where by this or by any other Ordinance any person is or shall hereafter be made liable to punishment for forging or altering, or for offering, uttering, disposing of, or putting off, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any instrument or writing designated in such Ordinance by any special name or description, and such instrument or writing, however designated, shall be in law a will, testament, codicil, or testamentary writing, or a mortgage, lease, contract, deed, bond, or writing obligatory, or a bill of exchange, or a promissory note for the payment of money, or an indorsement on or assignment of a bill of exchange or promissory note for the payment of money, or an acceptance of a bill of exchange, or an undertaking, warrant, order, authority, or request for the payment of money, or an indorsement on or assignment of an undertaking, warrant, order, authority, or request for the payment of money, within the true intent and meaning of this Ordinance, in every such case the person forging or altering such instrument or writing, or offering, uttering, disposing of, or putting off such instrument or writing, knowing the same to be forged or altered, may be indicted as an offender against this Ordinance, and punished accordingly.
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40. Where the forging or altering any writing or matter whatsoever, or the offering, uttering, disposing of or putting off any writing or matter whatsoever, knowing the same to be forged or altered, is in this Ordinance expressed to be an offence, if any person shall, in this Colony, forge, or alter, or offer, utter, dispose of or put off, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any such writing or matter in whatsoever place or country out of this Colony, whether under the dominion of Her Majesty or not, such writing or matter may purport to be made or may have been made, and in whatever language the same or any part thereof may be expressed, every person and such person, every person aiding, abetting, or counselling such person, shall be deemed to be an offender within the meaning of this Ordinance, and shall be punishable thereby in the same manner as if the writing or matter had purported to be made or had been made in this Colony; and if any person shall in this Colony forge or alter, or offer, utter, dispose of or put off, knowing the same to be forged, or altered,