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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH JUNE, 1865.

ments.

347

As to demanding Property upon Forged Instruments:-

38. Whosoever, with Intent to defraud, shall demand, receive, or obtain, or cause Demanding Property procure to be delivered or pay to any Person, or endeavour to receive or obtain, or upon forged Instru- * cause or procure to be delivered or paid to any Person, any Chattel, Money, Security Money, or other Property whatsoever, under, upon, or by virtue of any forged or tered Instrument whatsoever, knowing the same to be forged or altered, or under, , or by virtue of any attested Copy of any Will, Testament, Codicil, or Testamentary Writing, deposited in any Registrar's Office in this Colony, knowing the Will, Testament, dicil, or Testamentary Writing in respect of which such attested Copy shall have en obtained to have been forged or altered, or knowing such attested Copy to have been obtained by any false Oath, Affirmation, Declaration, or Affidavit, shall be guilty Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to 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 other Matters:-

ement however designa-

39. Where by this or by any other Ordinance any Person is or shall hereafter be Forging any Instru- made liable to Punishment for forging or altering, or for offering, uttering, disposing of ted which is in Law a or putting off, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any Instrument or Writing Will, Deed, Bill of designated in such Ordinance by any special Name or Description, and such Instrument Exchange, &c.

Writing, however designated, shall be in Law a Will, Testament, Codicil, or Testa- mentary Writing, or a Mortgage, Lease, Contract, Deed, Bond or Writing Obligatory, or a Bill of Exchange, or a Promissory Note for the Payment of Money, or an Indorsement on or Assignment of a Bill of Exchange or Promissory Note for the Payment of Money, or an Acceptance of a Bill of Exchange, or an Undertaking, Warrant, Order, Authority, or Request for the Payment of Money, or an Indorsement on or Assignment of an Indertaking, Warrant, Order, Authority, or Request for the Payment of Money, within the true Intent and Meaning of this Ordinance, in every such Case the Person forging or altering such Instrument or Writing, or offering, uttering, disposing of or putting off such Instrument or Writing, knowing the same to be forged or altered, may be indicted as an Offender against this Ordinance, and punished accordingly.

cuments in the Colony

40. Where the forging or altering any Writing or Matter whatsoever, or the Forging, &c., Do- offering, uttering, disposing of or putting off any Writing or Matter whatsoever, knowing purporting to be made the same to be forged or altered, is in this Ordinance expressed to be an Offence, if any out of the Colony, &c. Person shall, in this Colony, forge, or alter, or offer, utter, dispose of or put off, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any such Writing or Matter in whatsoever Place or Country out of this Colony, whether under the Dominion of Her Majesty or not, such Writing or Matter may purport to be made or may have been made, and in whatever Language the same or any Part thereof may be expressed, every such Person, and every l'erson aiding, abetting, or counselling such Person, shall be deemed to be an Offender within the Meaning of this Ordinance, and shall be punishable thereby in the same Manner as if the Writing or Matter had purported to be made or had been made in this Colony; and if any person shall in this Colony forge or alter, or offer, utter, dispose of or put off, knowing the same to be forged, or altered, any Bill of Exchange, or any Promissory Note for the Payment of Money, or any Indorsement on or Assignment of any Bill of Exchange or Promissory Note for the Payment of Money, or any Acceptance of any Bill of Exchange, or any Undertaking, Warrant, Order, Authority, or Request for Payment of Money, or for the Delivery or Transfer of any Goods or Security, or any Deed, Bond, or Writing Obligatory for the Payment of Money (whether such Deed, Bond,

or Writing Obligatory shall be made only for the Payment of Money, or for the Payment of Money together with some other Purpose), or any Indorsement on or Assignment of any such Undertaking, Warrant, Order, Authority, Request, Deed, Bond, Writing Obligatory, in whatsoever Place or Country out of this Colony, whether der the Dominion of Her Majesty or not, the Money payable or secured by such Bill Note, Undertaking, Warrant, Order, Authority, Request, Deed, Bond, or Writing ligatory may be or may purport to be payable, and in whatever Language the same spectively or any Part thereof may be expressed, and whether such Bill, Note, Undertaking, Warrant, Order, Authority, or Request be or be not under Seal, every ch Person, and every Person aiding, abetting, or counselling such Person, shall be deemed to be an Offender within the Meaning of this Ordinance, and shall be punishable hereby in the same Manner as if the Money had been payable or had purported to be Payable in this Colony.