False statements by company directors, etc. 1968, c. 60. 4. 190
Suppression. etc. of
documents.
1958, 2. 60, #. 20.
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(2) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, this section shall apply in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connexion with his functions of manage. ment as if he were a director of the body corporate.
21. (1) Where an officer of a body corporate or unincor- porated association (or person purporting to act as such) with intent to deceive members or creditors of the body corporate or association about its affairs, or with intent to induce persons to become members or creditors thereof by deceiving them about its affairs, publishes or concurs in publishing a written statement or account which to his knowledge is or may be misleading, false or deceptive in a material particular, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for seven years.
(2) For the purposes of this section a person who has entered into a security for the benefit of a body corporate or association is to be treated as a creditor of it,
(3) Where the affairs of a body corporate or association are managed by its members, this section shall apply to any statement which a member publishes or concurs in publishing in connexion with his functions of management as if he were an officer of the body corporate or association.
22. (1) Any person who dishonestly, with a view to gain for himself or another or with intent to cause loss to another, destroys, defaces or conceals any valuable security, any will or other testa- mentary document or any original document of or belonging to, or filed or deposited in, any court or any government department shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for seven years.
(2) Any person who dishonestly, with a view to gain for himself or another or with intent to cause loss to another, by any deception procures the execution of a valuable security shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indict- ment to imprisonment for seven years.
(3) Subsection (2) shall apply in relation to the making. acceptance, indorsement, alteration, cancellation or destruction in whole or in part of a valuable security, and in relation to the signing or sealing of any paper or other material in order that it may be made or converted into, or used or dealt with as a valua- ble security, as if that were the execution of a valuable security.
(4) For the purposes of this section-
"deception" has the same meaning as in section 17; and
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"valuable security" means any document creating, transferring, surrendering, or releasing any right to, in or over property, or authorizing the payment of money or delivery of any property, or evidencing the creation, transfer, surrender or release of any such right, or the payment of money or delivery of any property, or the satisfaction of any obligation.
23. (1) A person commits blackmail if, with a view to gain for himself or another or with intent to cause loss to another, he makes any unwarranted demand with menaces; and for this pur- pose a demand with menaces is unwarranted unless the person making it does so in the belief—
(a) that he has reasonable grounds for making the demand;
and
(b) that the use of the menaces is a proper means of rein-
forcing the demand.
(2) The nature of the act or omission demanded is immaterial. and it is also immaterial whether the menaces relate to action to be taken by the person making the demand.
(3) Any person who commits blackmail shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for fourteen years.
(4) Any person who has in his possession or under his control any letter or writing making any unwarranted demand of any person with menaces shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for teo years.
(5) A person does not commit an offence under subsection (4) if he proves that he bad the letter or writing in his possession or control otherwise than with intent to utter it
OFFENCES RELATING TO GOODS STOLEN, ETC.
24. (1) A person handles stolen goods if (otherwise than io the course of the stealing) knowing or believing them to be stolen goods he dishonestly receives the goods, or dishonestly undertakes or assists in their retention, removal, disposal or realization by or for the benefit of another person, or if he arranges to do so.
(2) Any person who handles stolen goods shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for fourteen years.
Blackmail.
1943, c. 60. 1. 21.
Handling stolen goods.
1968, a. 69, 1, 11