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CHAPTER XXVII-FORGERY; AND OFFENCES RELATING TO STAMPS, REGISTERS, CERTIFICATES, TRADE AND PUBLIC MARKS.
255.-Definition of Document.
C. 484.
A document means any paper or other material used for A. 293. writing, marked with matter capable of being read, or B. 313. with any stamp or seal, or with marks denoting words, or with
any signs capable of conveying a definite meaning to persona conversant with them, but the term does not include articles of commerce merely because they are marked with a trade mark, or stone, metal, or wood marked with inscriptions.
To make a document is to mark as aforesaid any paper or other material used for writing.
Writing in this part includes printing.
Where one such paper or other material contains several entries it may be held to be a separate document as to each.
Where one entry or piece of writing extends over several such pieces of paper or other material they may together be deemed to constitute one document.
266.-- Definition of Bank-note.
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A. 296.
B. 316-7. C. 486.
A. 297. B. 336.
('. 448.
B. 314.
A. 299.
B. 318.
The term “bank-note" includes any negotiable instrument zit issued by, or on behalf. of any person or persons, corpora- C. 484. tion, or company carrying on the business of banking in any part of the world, or by the authority of any foreign prince, or state, or government, or by any governor or other authority lawfully authorised thereto in any part of His Majesy's dominions, and intended to be used as equivalent to, or as a substitute for, money, either immediately on issue or at some time subsequent thereto, and any bank bill, bank post bill, Exchequer bond or debenture, or Treasury bill.
257. Definition of false Document.
The expression "false document"
means
A. 295.
B. 315.
(1) a document the whole or some material part of C. 485 which purports to be made by, or on behalf of, any person who did not make it or authorise the making thereof, or which, though made by, or by the authority of, the person by whom it purports to have been made, is falsely dated as to time or place of making, where either is material; or
(2) a document the whole or some material part of B. 315. which purports to be made by, or on behalf of, some person, who does not in fact exist; or
(3). a document which is made in the name of an existing person, either by that person, or by his authority, in such a way as to pass as being made by some person real or fictitious, other than the person who makes or authorises it.
C. 485.
G. 488. 24 & 25 V.
c. 98, s. 1.
C. 488, III. (u).
24 & 25 V. c. 96, as. 27-8.
A. 297 (ƒ). B. 321.
C. 488 (II), (0), (p). 24 & 25 V.
c. 98, s. 36.
A. 307.
B. 347. C. 488, III. (b).
A. 297 (a),
(b).
B. 320 (a)-
(l), 327. C. 488, 11, (d), (^).
A. 297 (h). 13. 325. C. 488, II,
24 & 25 V.
c. 98, s. 21.
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258.--Definition of Forgery.
Forgery is making a false document knowing it to be false, with the intention that it shall in any way be used or acted upon as genuine to the possible prejudice of any person, whether within A.B. or not; or that any person shall to the possible prejudice of any person, be induced by the belief that it is genuine to do or refrain from doing anything whether within A.B. or not.
Making a false document includes altering a genuine document in any material part; or making any material addi- tion to it; or adding to it a false date, attestation, scal, stamp, or other material thing.
Forgery is complete as soon as the false document is made with such knowledge and intent as aforesaid, though the offender may not have intended that any particular person should use or act upon it as genuine, or be induced by the belief that it is genuine to do or refrain from doing anything.
Forgery is complete although the false document may be incomplete, or may not purport to be such a document as would be binding in law, if it be so made and is such as to indicate that it was intended to be acted upon as genuine.
259.—Punishment for Forgery.
Any person who commits forgery is guilty of felony; and is liable to penal servitude for life if the document forged, or any material part thereof is, or purports to be, any of the following:
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(1) the public seal of A.B., or of any other part of His Majesty's dominions, or the Sign Manual of His Majesty to any document, or any document under any such seal or the Sign Manual: or
(2) the signature or seal of the Governor of A.B. or of Any member of the Executive Council of A.B., or of any judge of the High Court of A.B., or of any of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State or under Secretaries of State to any public document or to any document purporting to be such, or any document bearing such signature or seal; or
(3) any register of a birth, baptism, marriage, death, or burial, authorised or required by law to be kept, or any copy of any such register or any part thereof, which the law requires or authorises any person to make or give; or
(4) any seal or stamp used for the purposes of the public revenue in any part of His Majesty's dominions or in any foreign state; or
5) any document which is evidence of the title to any land or estate or interest in laud in A.B. or elsewhere by the law of the place where the land is situated; or any document which is by such law as aforesaid required for procuring the registration of any such title; or
(6) any will, codicil, or other testamentary document, whether the testator is dead or alive, or any probate or letters of administration, whether with or without the will annexed; or
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