FORGERY.
No. 11 of 1922.
1571
(2) Forgery of the following seals, if committed with intent to defraud or deceive, shall be felony and punishable with imprisonment for any term not exceeding fourteen years-
(a) the seal of any register office relating to births, baptisms, marriages or deaths;
(b) the seal of or belonging to any office for the registry of deeds or titles to lands.
(3) Forgery of the following seal, if committed with intent to defraud or deceive, shall be felony and punishable with imprisonment for any term not exceeding seven years-
the seal of any court of justice other than a court of record.
(4) Forgery of the following seals or dies, if committed with intent to defraud or deceive, shall be felony and punishable with imprisonment for any term not exceeding seven years-
(a) any seal or die provided, made or used by or under the authority of the Government of any part of His Majesty's dominions, the Government of any foreign country, the Governor or the head of any department of the Government of this Colony;
(b) any seal or die provided, made or used by any person, firm or company for the purpose of the affairs of such person, firm or company.
8. (1) Every person who utters any forged document, seal or die shall be guilty of an offence of the like degree (whether felony or misdemeanor) and on conviction thereof shall be liable to the same punishment as if he himself had forged the document, seal or die.
(2) A person utters a forged document, seal or die, who, knowing the same to be forged, and with either of the intents necessary to constitute the offence of forging the said document, seal or die, uses, offers, publishes, delivers, disposes of, tenders in payment or in exchange, exposes for sale or exchange, exchanges, tenders in evidence or puts off the said forged document, seal or die.
(3) It is immaterial where the document, seal or die was forged.