ORDINANCE No. 10. OF 1865.
Coinage Offences.
IV. Whosoever shall impair, diminish, or lighten any of the Queen's current Gold or Silver Coin, with Intent that the Coin so impaired, diminished, or lightened, may pass for the Queen's current Gold or Silver Coin, 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.
V. Whosoever shall unlawfully have in his Custody or Possession any Filings or Clippings, or any Gold or Silver Bullion, or any Gold or Silver in Dust, Solution, or otherwise, which shall have been produced or obtained by impairing, diminishing, or lightening any of the Queen's current Gold or Silver Coin, knowing the same to have been so produced or obtained, 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 Seven 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.
VI. Whosoever, without lawful Authority or Excuse (the Proof whereof shall lie on the Party accused), shall buy, sell, receive, pay, or put off, or offer to buy, sell, receive, pay, or put off, any false or counterfeit Coin, resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for any of the Queen's current Gold or Silver Coin, at or for a lower Rate or Value than the same imports or was apparently intended to import, 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.
VII. Whosoever, without lawful Authority or Excuse (the Proof whereof shall lie on the Party accused), shall import or receive into this Colony from beyond the Seas, or from the Mainland of China, any false or counterfeit Coin, resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for any of the Queen's current Gold or Silver Coin, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, 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.
VIII. Whosoever, without lawful Authority or Excuse (the Proof whereof shall lie on the Party accused), shall export or put on board any Ship, Vessel, or Boat, for the Purpose of being exported from this Colony, any false or counterfeit Coin, resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for any of the Queen's current Coin, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.
IX. Whosoever shall tender, utter, or put off any false or counterfeit Coin resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for any of the Queen's current Gold or Silver Coin, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding One Year, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.
X. Whosoever shall tender, utter or put off any false or counterfeit Coin resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for any of the Queen's current Gold or Silver Coin, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, and shall at the Time of such tendering, uttering, or putting off, have in his Custody or Possession, besides the false or counterfeit Coin so tendered, uttered, or put off, any other Piece of false or counterfeit Coin resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for any of the Queen's current Gold or Silver Coin, or shall, either on the Day of such tendering, uttering, or putting off, or within the Space of Ten Days then next ensuing, tender, utter, or put off any false or counterfeit Coin resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for any of the Queen's current Gold or Silver Coin, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.
XI. Whosoever shall have in his Custody or Possession Three or more Pieces of false or counterfeit Coin resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for any of the Queen's current Gold or Silver Coin, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, and with Intent to utter or put off the same or any of them, shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for the Term of Three Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.
XII. Whosoever, having been convicted, either before or after the passing of this Ordinance, of any such Misdemeanor as in any of the last Three preceding Sections mentioned, or of any Felony against this Ordinance or any former Enactment in Force in this Colony relating to the Coin, shall afterwards commit any of the Misdemeanors in any of the said Sections mentioned, shall be guilty of Felony.