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Forging Deeds, Bonds, &c.
Forging Wills.
Forging Bills of Exchange or Promissory Notes
ORDINANCE No. 6 of 1865.
Forgery.
taking, or Order, or Part of the Bill, Note, Undertaking, or Order of any Foreign Prince or State, or of any Minister or Officer in the Service of any Foreign Prince or State, or of any Body Corporate or Body of the like Nature, constituted or recognised by any Foreign Prince or State, or of any Person or Company of Persons, resident in any Country not under the Dominion of Her Majesty, or shall use, or knowingly have in his Custody or Possession, any Plate, Stone, Wood, or other Material upon which any such Foreign Bill, Note, Undertaking or Order or any Part thereof, shall be engraved or made, or shall knowingly offer, utter, dispose of, or put off, or have in his Custody or Possession, any Paper upon which any Part of any such Foreign Bill, Note, Undertaking, or Order shall be made or printed, shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for any Term not exceeding Fourteen Years and not less than Three Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.
As to forging Deeds, Wills, Bills of Exchange, &c.
XXI. Whosoever with Intent to defraud shall forge or alter or shall offer, utter, dispose of or put off, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any Deed, or any Bond or Writing Obligatory, or any Assignment at Law or in Equity of any such Bond or Writing Obligatory, or shall forge any Name, Handwriting, or Signature of a Witness attesting the Execution of any Deed, Bond, or Writing Obligatory, or shall offer, utter, dispose of or put off any Deed, Bond, or Writing Obligatory having thereon any such forged Name, Handwriting, or Signature, knowing the same to be forged, shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for Life or for any Term not less than Three Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.
XXII. Whosoever with Intent to defraud shall forge or alter, or shall offer, utter, dispose of or put off, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any Will, Testament, Codicil, or Testamentary Instrument shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for Life or for any Term not less than Three Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.
XXIII. Whosoever shall forge or alter, or shall offer, utter, dispose of or put off, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any Bill of Exchange, or any Acceptance, Indorsement, or Assignment of any Bill of Exchange or any Promissory Note for the Payment of Money or any Indorsement or Assignment of any such Promissory Note, with Intent to defraud, shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for Life or for any Term not less than Three Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.
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ORDINANCE No. 6 of 1865.
Forgery.
XXIV. Whosoever shall forge or alter or shall offer, utter, dispose of or put off, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any Undertaking, Warrant, Order, Authority, or Request, for the Payment of Money, or for the Delivery or Transfer of any Goods or Chattels or of any Note, Bill, or other Security for the Payment of Money, or for procuring or giving Credit or any Indorsement on, or Assignment of, any such Undertaking, Warrant, Order, Authority, or Request or any Accountable Receipt, Acquittance, or Receipt for Money or for Goods or for any Note Bill or other Security for the Payment of Money or any Indorsement on or Assignment of any such accountable Receipt with Intent, in any of the Cases aforesaid, to defraud shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for Life or for any Term not less than Three Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.
Procuration
XXV. Whosoever with Intent to defraud shall draw, make, sign, accept, or indorse any Bill of Exchange or Promissory Note or any Undertaking, Warrant, Order, Authority, or Request for the Payment of Money or for the Delivery or Transfer of Goods or Chattels, or of any Bill, Note, or other Security for Money by Procuration or otherwise for, in the Name, or on the Account of any other Person without lawful Authority or Excuse, or shall offer, utter, dispose of or put off any such Bill, Note, Undertaking, Warrant, Order, Authority or Request so made, drawn, signed, accepted or indorsed by Procuration or otherwise without lawful Authority or Excuse as aforesaid, knowing the same to have been so drawn, made, signed, accepted or indorsed as aforesaid shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for any Term not exceeding Fourteen Years and not less than Three Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.
XXVI. Whenever any Cheque or Draft on any Banker shall be crossed with the Name of a Banker or with Two transverse Crossings on Lines with the Words "and Company" or any Abbreviation thereof, whosoever shall obliterate, add to, or alter any such Crossing, or shall offer, utter, dispose of or put off any Cheque or Draft whereon any such Obliteration, Addition, or Alteration has been made with Intent in any of the Cases aforesaid, to defraud, shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for Life or for any Term not less than Three Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.
XXVII. Whosoever