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Engraving or having any Plate, &c., for

or other Banks or

a blank Bank Note,

or uttering, &c.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH JUNE, 1865.

Paper having waving or curved Lines or any other Devices in the Nature of Watermarks visible in the Substance of the Paper, not being Bar Lines or laying Wire Lines, provided the same are not so contrived as to form the Groundwork or Texture of the Paper, or to resemble the waving or curved laying Wire Lines or Bar Lines or the Watermarks of the Paper used by the Governor and Company of the Banks of England and Ireland respectively.

17. Whosoever without lawful Authority or Excuse (the Proof whereof shall lie anaking Notes of Bank on the Party accused), shall engrave or in any wise make upon any Plate whatsoever or of England or Ireland upon any Wood, Stone, or other Material, any Promissory Note, Bill of Exchange, or having Paper on which Bank Post Bill, or Part of a Promissory Note, Bill of Exchange, or Bank Post Bill, &c., shall be printed, purporting to be a Bank Note, Bank Bill of Exchange, or Bank Post Bill of the Goverfor and Company of the Bank of England or of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, or of any other Body Corporate, Company, or Person carrying on the Business of Bankers, or to be a blank Bank Note, blank Promissory Note, blank Bank Bill of Exchange, or blank 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 to be a Part of a Bank Note, Promissory Note, Bank Bill of Exchange, or Bank Post Bill of the Governor and Com pany 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 any Name, Word, or Character, resembling or apparently intended to resemble any Subscription to any Bill of Exchange or Promissory Note issued by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England or the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, or by any such other Body Corporate, Company, or Person as aforesaid, or shall use any such Plate, Wood, Stone, or other Material, or any other Instrument or Device, for the making or printing any Bank Note, Bank Bill of Exchange, or Bank Post Bill, or blank Bank Note, blank Bank Bill of Exchange, or blank Bank Post Bill, or Part of a Bank Note, Bank Bill of Exchange, or Bank Post Bill, or knowingly have in his Custody or Possession any such Plate, Wood, Stone, or other Material, or any such Instrument or Device, or shall knowingly offer, utter, dispose of, or put off, or have in his Custody or l'ossession, any Paper upon which any blank Bank Note, blank Bank Bill of Exchange, or blank 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 Part of a Bank Note, Bank Bill of Exchange, or Bank Post Bill, or any Name, Word, or Character, resembling or apparently intended to resemble any such Subscription, shall be made 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 Terin not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.

Plate, &c., any Word,

a

Bank Note or Bill, or

pressed.

Engraving on any 18. Whosoever, without lawful Authority or Excuse (the Proof whereof shall lie Number, or Device, on the Party accused), shall engrave or in anywise make upon any Plate whatsoever, or resembling Part of & upon any Wood, Stone, or other Material, any Word, Number, Figure, Device, Character having any Paper on or Ornament the Impression taken from which shall resemble or apparently be intended which the same is im- to resemble any 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 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 resciable any 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 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 Terin n exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.

Making or having Mould for making Pa-

19. Whosoever, without lawful Authority or Excuse (the Proof whereof shall per with the Name of on, the Party accused), shall make or use any Frame, Mould or Instrument for the any Banker, or making Manufacture of Paper, with the Name or Firin of any Body Corporate, Company"

or having such Paper.