1984 Ed.]
Crimes
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shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for life.
(10 of 1865, s. 24, incorporated. Amended, 19 of 1911; 30 of 1911; 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911 and 20 of 1936, s. 3)
110. Where, on the trial of any person charged with any offence against this Part, 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.
(10 of 1865, s. 28, incorporated)
111. Any offence of falsely making or counterfeiting any coin, or of buying, selling, receiving, paying, tendering, uttering, or putting off, or of offering to buy, sell, receive, pay, utter, or put off any false or counterfeit coin, against the provisions of this Part shall be deemed to be complete, although the coin so made or counterfeited, or bought, sold, received, paid, tendered, uttered, or put off, or offered to be bought, sold, received, paid, uttered, or put off, may not be in a fit state to be uttered or the counterfeiting thereof may not be finished or perfected.
(10 of 1865, s. 29, incorporated)
112. (1) Whenever it appears to any justice of the peace, upon the oath of any person, that there is reasonable cause to suspect that any person has been concerned in counterfeiting current gold, silver, or copper coin or has in his custody or possession or under his control, in any building, vessel, or place, any such false or counterfeit coin, or any instrument, tool, or engine whatsoever adapted and intended for the making or counterfeiting of any such coin, or any other machine used or intended to be used for making or counterfeiting any such coin, such justice of the peace may, by his warrant directed to any police officer, empower such officer, by day or by night--
(a) to enter, and, if necessary, to break into, such building, vessel, or place, and therein to search for and seize any such false or counterfeit coin and such instrument, tool, or engine, and any such machine as aforesaid; and
(b) to arrest any person, being in such building, vessel, or place, who appears to have such coin, instrument, tool, engine, or machine in his custody or possession or under his control, and to bring any such person before a magistrate to be dealt with according to law.
(2) All such false and counterfeit coin, and all instruments, tools, and engines adapted and intended for the making or counterfeiting of coin, and all such machines as aforesaid shall, after they have been so seized, be carried before a magistrate, who shall have power, whether any person is charged with or convicted of any
Proof of coin being counterfeit.
1861 c. 99, s. 29.
When counterfeiting, etc.,
to be deemed complete.
1861 c. 99, s. 30.
Power to issue search warrant for counterfeit coin or instrument for coining.
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