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No. 11 of 1922.
FORGERY.
No. 9 of 1922, incorporated in No. 10 of 1900.
No. 10 of 1922, incorporated in No. 2 of 1866,
repealed by No. 6 of 1929 and Law Revision Ordinance, 1937.
[Originally "No. 11 of 1922.
No. 11 of 1922.
No. 11 of 1922.]
An Ordinance to consolidate, simplify and amend the law relating to forgery and kindred offences.
1924.
No. 25 of 1924.
1930.
No. 33 of 1930.
1935.
[9th June, 1922.]
1936.
No. 20 of 1936.
Law Rev. Ord., 1939.]
Short title.
Interpretation.
3 & 4 Geo. 5, c. 27, s. 18.
4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 14, s. 1 (5). 25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 25, s. 1.
1922.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Forgery Ordinance,
2.-(1) In this Ordinance,
(a) "Bank note" includes any note or bill of exchange of the Bank of England or Bank of Ireland, or of any other person, body corporate or company carrying on the business of banking in any part of the world, and includes bank bill, bank post bill, blank bank note, blank bank bill of exchange and blank bank post bill.
Currency notes issued by or on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom or of any country outside the United Kingdom shall be deemed to be bank notes within the meaning of this Ordinance.
"Currency notes" includes any notes (by whatever name called) which are legal tender in the country in which they are issued;
* As amended by No. 11 of 1924 [14.11.24] and Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.