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Preamble.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH JUNE, 1865.
Forging Her Majes- ty's Seals, &c., or the Public Seal of the Colony.
Forging Seals of
Companies.
HONGKONG.
ANNO VICESIMO OCTAVO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ.
No. 6 of 1865.
By His Excellency WILLIAM THOMAS MERCER, Esquire, Acting Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice- Admiral of the same, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.
W. T. MERCER.
An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Enactments in Force in this Colony relating to indictable Offences by Forgery.
[3rd June, 1865.]
Whereas it is expedient to consolidate and amend the Enactments in Force in this Colony relating to indictable Offences by Forgery; Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
As to forging Her Majesty's Seals, &c.:→
1. Whosoever shall forge or counterfcit, or shall utter, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited, the Great Seal, of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Privy Scal, any Privy Signet of Her Majesty, Her Majesty's Royal Sign Manual, any of Her Majesty's Seals appointed by the Twenty-fourth Article of the Union between England and Scotland to be kept, used, and continued in Scotland, the Great Seal of Ireland the Privy Seal of Ireland, or the Public Seal of this Colony, or shall forge or counterfeit the Stamp or Impression of any of the Seals aforesaid, or shall utter any Document or Instrument whatsoever, having thereon or affixed thereto the Stamp or Impression of any such forged or counterfeited Seal, knowing the same to be the Stamp or Impression of such forged or counterfeited Seal, or any forged or counterfeited Stamp or Impression made or apparently intended to resemble the Stamp or Impression of any of the Seals aforesaid knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited; or shall forge or alter, or utter knowing the same to be forged or altered, any Document or Instrument having any of the said Stamps or Impressions thereon or affixed thereto, 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 Life or for any Term not less than Three Years,- be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.
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2. Whosoever shall forge or counterfeit, or shall utter, knowing the same to be Public Departments or forged or counterfeited, the Seal of any Public Officer, Office, or Department, in this Colony, or the Seal of any Body Corporate in this Colony, or shall forge or counterfeit the Stamp, or Impression of any such Seal, or shall utter any Document or Instrument whatsoever, having thereon, or affixed thereto, the Stamp or Impression of any such forged or counterfeited Seal, knowing the same to be the Stamp or Impression of such forged or counterfeited Seal, or any forged or counterfeited Stamp or Impression, inade or apparently intended to resemble the Stamp or Impression of any of the Seals afore- said, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited, or shall forge or alter, or utter, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any Document or Instrument having any of the said Stamps or Impressions thereon or affixed thereto, 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.
Forging Transfer of Stock or Bank
Attorney relating
thereto.
As to forging Transfers of Stock, &c. :—
3. Whosoever shall forge or alter, or shall offer, utter, dispose of, or put off, knowing Shares, and Power of the same to be forged or altered, any Transfer of any Share or Interest of or in any Stock, Annuity, or other Public Fund which now is or hereafter may be transferable at any Bank or Public Office in this Colony, or of or in the Capital Stock of any Bank or of any Body Corporate, Company, or Society which now is or hereafter may be established by Charter, or by, under, or by virtue of any Act of Parliament or Ordinance, or shall forge or alter, or shall offer, utter, dispose of, or put off, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any Power of Attorney or other Authority to transfer any Share or Interest of or in any such Stock, Aunuity, Public Fund, or Capital Stock, or to receive any
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