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Crimes
[1984 Ed.
Uttering.
1913 c. 27. s. b.
Demanding
property on forged docu-
ments, etc.
1913 c. 27. s. 7.
Scotland, the Great Seal of Northern Ireland, the Privy Seal of Northern Ireland or the public seal of Hong Kong,
(b) the seal of any court of record.
(2) Forgery of the following seals, if committed with intent to defraud or deceive, shall be an offence and punishable upon indictment with imprisonment for 14 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 committed with intent to defraud or deceive, shall be an offence and punishable upon indictment with imprisonment for 7 years, if committed in respect of 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 an offence and punishable upon indictment with imprisonment for 7 years--
(a) any seal or die provided, made or used by or under the authority of the Government of any part of Her Majesty's dominions, the Government of any foreign country, or the Governor or the head of any department of the Government of Hong Kong; (Amended, 33 of 1939, Supp. Schedule, G.N. 840, 40)
(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.
(11 of 1922, s. 7, incorporated)
74. (1) Any person who utters any forged document, seal or die shall be guilty of an offence 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.
(11 of 1922, s. 8, incorporated)
75. Any person who, with intent to defraud, demands, receives or obtains, or causes or procures to be delivered, paid or transferred to any person, or endeavours to receive or obtain or to cause or procure to be delivered, paid or transferred to any person any money, security for money or other property, real or personal-