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Forging De- bentures.
Forging Pro- ceedings of Courts of Re- cord or Courts of Equity.
Forging Copics or Certificates of Records, Process of Courts not of Record, and using forged Process.
ORDINANCE No. 6. of 1865.
Forgery.
XXVII. Whosoever shall fraudulently forge or alter, or shall offer, utter, dispose of or put off, knowing the same to be forged or fraudulently altered, any Debenture issued under any lawful Authority whatsoever, either within Her Majesty's Dominions or elsewhere, 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 Records, Process, Instruments of Evidence, &c. XXVIII. Whosoever shall forge or fraudulently alter or shall offer, utter, dispose of or put off, knowing the same to be forged or fraudulently altered, any Record, Writ, Return, Panel, Process, Rule, Order, Warrant, Interrogatory, Deposition, Affidavit, Affirmation, Declaration, Recognizance, Cognovit actionem or Warrant of Attorney, or any original Document whatsoever of or belonging to any Court of Record, or any Bill, Petition, Process, Notice, Rule, Answer, Pleading, Interrogatory, Deposition, Affidavit, Affirmation, Declaration, Report, Order or Decree or any original Document whatsoever of or belonging to any Court of Equity or Court of Vice-Admiralty in this Colony, or any Document or Writing or any Copy of any Document or Writing used or intended to be used as Evidence in any Court in this Section mentioned, 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.
XXIX. Whosoever being the Clerk of any Court or other Officer having the Custody of the Records of any Court, or being the Deputy of any such Clerk or Officer shall utter any false Copy or Certificate of any Record, knowing the same to be false; and whosoever other than such Clerk, Officer or Deputy shall sign or certify any Copy or Certificate of any Record as such Clerk, Officer, or Deputy; and whosoever shall forge or fraudulently alter, or offer, utter, dispose of, or put off, knowing the same to be forged or fraudulently altered, any Copy or Certificate of any Record or shall offer, utter, dispose of, or put off any Copy or Certificate of any Record having thereon any false or forged Name, Handwriting, or Signature, knowing the same to be false or forged; and whosoever shall forge the Seal of any Court of Record in this Colony, or shall forge or fraudulently alter any Process of any Court other than such Courts as in the last preceding Section mentioned, or shall serve or enforce any forged Process of any Court whatsoever, knowing the same to be forged, or shall deliver or cause to be delivered to any Person any Paper falsely purporting to be any such Process, or a Copy thereof, or to be any Judgment, Decree, or Order of any Court of Law or Equity, or a Copy thereof, knowing the same to be false, or shall act or profess to act under any such false Process, knowing the same to be false, 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.
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XXX. Whosoever shall forge or fraudulently alter or shall offer, utter, dispose of, or put off, knowing the same to be forged or fraudulently altered, any Instrument, whether written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, which is or shall be made Evidence in this Colony by any Act of Parliament or Ordinance passed or to be passed, and for which Offence no Punishment is herein provided, 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.
As to forging Registers of Deeds.
XXXI. Whosoever shall forge or fraudulently alter, or shall offer, utter, dispose of, or put off, knowing the same to be forged or fraudulently altered, any Memorial, Affidavit, Affirmation, Declaration, Entry, Certificate, Indorsement, Document, or Writing made or issued under the Provisions of any Ordinance passed or hereafter to be passed for or relating to the Registry of Deeds, or shall forge or counterfeit the Seal of or belonging to any Office for the Registry of Deeds, or any Stamp or Impression of any such Seal; or shall forge any Name, Handwriting or Signature purporting to be the Name, Handwriting or Signature of any Person to any such Memorial, Affidavit, Affirmation, Declaration, Entry, Certificate, Indorsement, Document, or Writing, which shall be required or directed to be signed by or by virtue of any Act of Parliament or Ordinance passed or to be passed, or shall offer, utter, dispose of, or put off any such Memorial or other Writing as in this Section before mentioned, having thereon any such forged Stamp or Impression of any such Seal, or 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 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 Orders, &c., of Justices of the Peace. XXXII. 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 Summons, Conviction, Order, or Recognizances, Warrant Affidavits, &c.
602
458
Forging De- bentures.
Forging Pro- ceedings of Courts of Re-
cord or Courts of Equity.
Forging Copics
or Certificates of Records, Process of Courts not of Record, and using forged Process.
ORDINANCE No. 6. or 1865.
Forgery.
XXVII. Whosoever shall fraudulently forge or alter, or shall offer, utter, dispose of or put off, knowing the same to be forged or fraudulently altered, any Debenture issued under any lawful Authority whatsoever, either within Her Majesty's Dominions or elsewhere, 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 Records, Process, Instruments of Evidence, &c. XXVIII. Whosoever shall forge or fraudulently alter or shall offer, utter, dispose of or put off, knowing the same to be forged or fraudulently altered, any Record, Writ, Return, Panel, Process, Rule, Order, Warrant, Interrogatory, Deposition, Affidavit, Affir- mation, Declaration, Recognizance, Cognovit uctionem or Warrant of Attorney, or any original Document whatsoever of or belonging to any Court of Record, or any Bill, Petition, Process, Notice, Rule, Answer, Pleading, Interrogatory, Deposition, Affidavit, Affirmation, Declaration, Report, Order or Decree or any original Document whatsoever of or belonging to any Court of Equity or Court of Vice-Admiralty in this Colony, or any Document or Writing or any Copy of any Document or Writing used or intended to be used as Evidence in any Court in this Section mentioned, 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 Soli- tary Confinement.
XXIX. Whosoever being the Clerk of any Court or other Officer having the Custody of the Records of any Court, or being the Deputy of any such Clerk or Officer shall utter any false Copy or Certificate of any Record, knowing the same to be false; and whosoever other than such Clerk, Officer or Deputy shall sign or certify any Copy or Certificate of any Record as such Clerk, Officer, or Deputy; and whosoever shall forge or fraudulently alter, or offor, utter, dispose of, or put off, knowing the same to be forged or fraudulently altered, any Copy or Certificate of any Record or shall offer, utter, dispose of, or put off any Copy or Certificate of any Record having thereon any false or forged Name, Handwriting, or Signature, knowing the same to be false or forged; and whosoever shall forge the Seal of any Court of Record in this Colony, or shall forge or fraudulently alter any Process of any Court other than such Courts as in the last pre- ceding Section mentioned, or shall serve or enforce any forged Process of any Court whatsoever, knowing the same to be forged, or shall deliver or cause to be delivered to any Person any Paper falsely purporting to be any such Process, or a Copy thereof, or to be any Judgment, Deeree, or Order of any Court of Law or Equity, or a Copy thereof, knowing the same to be false, or shall
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ORDINANCE No. 6. or 1865.
Forgery.
act or profess to act under any such false Process, knowing the same to be false, shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kopt 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.
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XXX. Whosoever shall forge or fraudulently alter or shall Forging Instru- offer, utter, dispose of, or put off, knowing the same to be forged ments made
Evidence by or fraudulently altered, any Instrument, whether written or printed,
any Act of Par- or partly written and pardy printed, which is or shall be made linment or Or- Evidence in this Colony by any Act of Parliament or Ordinance dicance. passed or to be passed, and for which Offence no Punishment is herein provided, 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 and not less Three Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confineruent.
As to forging Registers of Deeds.
XXXI. Whosoever shall forge or fraudulently alter, or shall Forgery as to offer, utter, dispose of, or put off, knowing the same to be forged the Registry of
Deeds. or fraudulently altered, any Memorial, Affidavit, Affirmation, Declaration, Entry, Certificate, Indorsement, Document, or Writing made or issued under the Provisions of any Ordinance passed or hereafter to be passed for or relating to the Registry of Deeds, or shall forge or counterfeit the Seal of or belonging to any Office for the Registry of Deeds, or any Stamp or Impression of any such Seal; or shall forge any Name, Handwriting or Signature purporting to he the Name, Handwriting or Signature of any Person to any such Memorial, Affidavit, Affirmation, Declaration, Entry, Certificate, Indorsement, Document, or Writing, which shall be required or directed to be signed by or by virtue of any Act of Parliament or Ordinance passed or to be passed, or shall offer, utter, dispose of, or put off any such Memorial or other Writing as in this Section before mentioned, having thereon any such forged Stamp or Impression of any such Seal, or 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 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 Orders, &c., of Justices of the Peace. XXXII. Whosoever, with Intent to defraud, shall forge or Forging Jus- alter, or shall offor, utter, dispose of or put off, knowing the same tices Orders, to be forged or altered, any Summons, Conviction, Order, or Recognizances, Warrant Affidavits, &c.
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