COINAGE OFFENCES.
Miscellaneous.
No. 7 of 1865.
143
21. Every person who, without lawful authority or excuse, Making,
(1) knowingly makes or mends, or begins or proceeds to make or mend, or buys or sells, or has in his custody or possession any puncheon, counter puncheon, matrix, stamp, die, pattern, or mould, in or upon which there is or are made or impressed, or which will make or impress, or which is adapted and intended to make or impress the figure, stamp, or apparent resemblance of both or either of the sides of any of the King's current gold or silver coin, or of any coin of any foreign prince, state, or country, or any part or parts of both or either of such sides; or
(2) makes or mends, or begins or proceeds to make or mend, or buys or sells, or has in his custody or possession any edger, edging or other tool, collar, instrument, or engine adapted and intended for the marking of coin round the edges with letters, grainings, or other marks or figures apparently resembling those on the edges of any such coin as in this section aforesaid, knowing the same to be so adapted and intended as aforesaid; or
(3) makes or mends, or begins or proceeds to make or mend, or buys or sells, or has in his custody or possession any press for coinage, or any cutting engine for cutting, by force of a screw or of any other contrivance, round blanks out of gold, silver, or other metal or mixture of metals, or any other machine, knowing such press to be a press for coinage or knowing such engine or machine to have been used or to be intended to be used for or in order to the false making or counterfeiting of any such coin as is mentioned in this section,
shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for life."
[s. 22, rep. No. 50 of 1911.]
mending, or having possession of coining tool. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 99, s. 24.
counterfeit. c. 99, s. 29.
23. Where, on the trial of any person charged with any Proof of coin offence against this Ordinance, it is necessary to prove that any coin produced in evidence against such person is false or counterfeit, it shall not be necessary to prove the same to be false and counterfeit by the evidence of any moneyer or other officer of the mint, but it shall be sufficient to prove the same to be false or counterfeit by the evidence of any other credible witness.