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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 Part; (Amended, 33 of 1939, Supp. Schedule, G.N. 840/40)
"currency notes" includes any notes (by whatever name called) which are legal tender in the country in which they are issued; (Added, 33 of 1939, Supp. Schedule, G.N. 840/40)
"die" includes any plate, type, tool, chop or implement whatsoever, and also any part of any die, plate, type, tool, chop or implement, and any stamp or impression thereof or any part of such stamp or impression;
"document of title to goods" includes any bill of lading, India warrant, dock warrant, godown warrant, warehouse keeper's certificate, warrant or order for the delivery or transfer of any goods or valuable thing, bought or sold note, or any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorizing or purporting to authorize either by indorsement or by delivery the possessor of such document to transfer or receive any goods thereby represented or therein mentioned or referred to;
"document of title to lands" includes any deed, map, roll, register or instrument in writing being or containing evidence of the title or any part of the title to any land or to any interest in or arising out of any land, or any authenticated copy thereof;
"revenue paper" means any paper provided by the proper authority for the purpose of being used for stamps, licences, permits, post office money orders or postal orders, or for any purpose whatever connected with the public revenue;
"seal" includes any stamp or impression of a seal or any stamp or impression made or apparently intended to resemble the stamp or impression of a seal, as well as the seal itself;
"stamp" includes a stamp impressed by means of a die as well as an adhesive stamp;
"valuable security" includes any writing entitling or evidencing the title of any person to any share or interest in any public stock, annuity, fund or debt of any part of Her Majesty's dominions or of any foreign state, or in any stock, annuity, fund or debt of any body corporate, company or society, whether within or without Her Majesty's dominions, or to any deposit in any bank, and also includes any scrip, debenture, bill, note, warrant, order or other security for the payment of money or any authority or request for the payment of money or for the delivery or transfer of goods or chattels, or any accountable receipt, release or discharge, or any receipt or other instrument evidencing the payment of money or the delivery of any chattel personal. (Amended, 21 of 1964, s. 2)
(11 of 1922, s. 2, incorporated)
1914 c. 14. s. 145). 1935 c. 25. s. 1.