THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29ти APRIL, 1865.
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Plate, &c., any Word,
having any Paper on
18. Whosoever, without lawful Authority or Excuse (the Proof whereof shall lie Engraving on any on the Party accused), shall engrave or in anywise make upon any Plate whatsoever, or Number, or Device, upon any Wood, Stone, or other Material, any Word, Number, Figure, Device, Character resembling part of a or Ornament the Impression taken from which shall resemble or apparently be intended Bank Note or Bill, or to resemble any Part of a Bank Note, Bank Bill of Exchange, or Bank Post Bill of the which the same is im- Governor and Company of the Bank of England or of the Governor and Company of pressed. the Bank of Ireland, or of any other Body Corporate, Company or Person carrying on the Business of Bankers, or shall use, or knowingly have in his Custody or Possession, any such Plate, Wood, Stone, or other Material, or any other Instrument or Device for the impressing or making upon any Paper or other Material any Word, Number, Figure, Character, or Ornament which shall resemble or apparently be intended to resemble Part of a Bank Note, Bank Bill of Exchange, or Bank Post Bill of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England or of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, or of any such other Body Corporate, Company, or Person as aforesaid, or shall knowingly offer, utter, dispose of, or put off, or have in his Custody or Possession, any Paper or other Material upon which there shall be an Impression of any such matter as aforesaid, shall be guilty of Felony, and being covicted 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.
any
Mould for making Pa- per with the name of
any Banker, or making having such Paper.
19. Whosoever, without lawful Authority or Excuse (the Proof whereof shall lie Making or having on the Party accused), shall make or use any Frame, Mould or Instrument for the Manufacture of Paper, with the Name or Firm of any Body Corporate, Company, or Person carrying on the Business of Bankers, (other than and except the Banks of En- or gland and Ireland respectively), appearing visible in the Substance of the Paper, or knowingly have in his Custody or Possession, any such Frame, Mould, or Instrument, or make, use, sell, expose to sale, utter or dispose of, or knowingly have in his Custody or Possession, any Paper in the Substance of which the Name or Firm of any such Body Corporate, Company, or Person shall appear visible, or by any Art or Contrivance cause the Name or Firm of any such Body Corporate, Company, or Person to appear visible in the Substance of the Paper upon which the same shall be written or printed, 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.
for Foreign Bills or
uttering Paper on
printed.
20. Whosoever, without lawful Authority or Excuse (the Proof whereof shall lie Engraving Plates on the Party accused), shall engrave or in anywise make upon any Plate whatsoever, or Notes or having such upon any Wood, Stone, or other Material, any Bill of Exchange, Promissory Note, Plates, or using or Undertaking, or Order for Payment of Money, or any Part of any Bill of Exchange, which any part of any Promissory Note, Undertaking, or Order for Payment of Money, in whatsoever Language such Bill or Note is the same may be expressed, and whether the same shall or shall not be or be intended to be under Seal, purporting to be the Bill, Note, Undertaking, or Order, or Part of the Bill, Note, Undertaking, or Order of any Foreign Prince or State, or of any Minister or Officer in the Service of any Foreign Prince or State, or of any Body Corporate or Body of the like Nature, constituted or recoguised by any Foreign Prince or State, or of any Person or Company of Persons, resident in any Country not under the Dominion of Her Majesty, or shall use, or knowingly have in his Custody or Possession, any Plate, Stone, Wood, or other Material upon which any such Foreign Bill, Note, Undertaking or Order or any Part thereof, shall be engraved or made, or shall knowingly offer, utter dispose of, or put off, or have in his Custody or Possession, any Paper upon which any Part of any such Foreign Bill, Note, Undertaking, or Order shall be made or printed, shall be quilty 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 Deeds, Wills, Bills of Exchange, Sc:-
21. 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 Deed, or any Bond Writing Obligatory, or any Assignment at Law or in Equity of any such Bond or Writing Obligatory, or shall forge any Name, Handwriting or Signature of a Witness attesting the Execution of any Deed, Bond or Writing Obligatory, or shall offer, utter, dispose of or put off any Deed, Bond or Writing Obligatory having thereon any such
Forging Deeds,
Bonds, &c.
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