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9 and 16 of the Forgery Act, 1913, which
relate to the making and possession,
without lawful authority or excuse, of
paper, dies, etc., used for making any
bank note. A copy of th
is onelesed
beremit
Bank note in this Act includes
a note of any person or body corporate
carrying on the business of banking
in any part of the world; and the pro-
visions of the Act could therefore be
used to deal with cases of suspected
I amjad void that-
forgery of foreign bank notes. the
question of what constitutes "lawful
authority or excuse" in such a case is
not easy to answer in precise terms, but Frat-
it is for the person charged to establish
his authority or excuse, and in order to
succeed on this ground he would prima facie
have to produce evidence of a bona fide contract
with the foreign bank in question.
3.
The definition of bank notes in the
Act would not appear to cover currency notes
issued
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Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr. Parkinson.
Mr. Tomlinson.
Sir C. Bottomley.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
DRAFT.
issued by a foreign Government,
but I understand that it is
proposed to remedy this deficiency
in the legislation which will
require to be introduced to give
effect to the International Convention
for the Suppression of Counterfeiting
Currency signed at Geneva on the 20th
April, 1929.
I have, etc.
(Signed) PLYMOUTH.
(for the Secretary of State)
FURTHER ACTION.
age 9
age 9