FORGERY.
No. 4 of 1865.
17. Nothing in the last section shall prevent any person from issuing any bill of exchange or promissory note having the amount thereof expressed in guineas, or in a numerical figure or figures denoting the amount thereof in pounds sterling, appearing visible in the substance of the paper whereon the same is written [24 & 25 Vict c. 98 s. 15.] or printed, or shall prevent any person from making, using, or selling any paper having waving or curved lines or any other devices in the nature of watermarks visible in the substance of the paper, not being bar lines or laying wire lines, provided the same are not so contrived as to form the groundwork or texture of the paper, or to resemble the waving or curved laying wire lines or bar lines or the watermarks of the paper, used by the Banks of England and Ireland respectively.
18. Every person who, without lawful authority or excuse,- (1) engraves or in anywise makes upon any plate whatsoever etc., for or upon any wood, stone, or other material, any promissory note, bill of exchange, or bank post bill, or part of a promissory note, bill of exchange, or bank post bill, purporting to be a bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill of the Bank of England, or of the Bank of Ireland, or of any other banker, or to be a blank bank note, blank promissory note, blank bank bill of exchange, or blank bank post bill of the Bank of England, or of the Bank of Ireland, or of any other banker, or to be a part of a bank note, promissory note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill of the Bank of England, or of the Bank of Ireland, or of any other banker, or any name, word, or character resembling or apparently intended to resemble any subscription to any bill of exchange or promissory note issued by the Bank of England, or by the Bank of Ireland, or by any other banker; or
(2) uses any such plate, wood, stone, or other material, or any other instrument or device, for the making or printing any bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill, or blank bank note, blank bank bill of exchange, or blank bank post bill, or part of a bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill, or knowingly has in his custody or possession any such plate, wood, stone, or other material or any such instrument or device; or
(3) knowingly offers, utters, disposes of, or puts off, or has in his custody or possession, any paper upon which any blank bank note ... is printed.
*As amended by No. 50 of 1911.
† As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911 and No. 51 of 1911.