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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH JUNE, 1865.

Making or accepting any Bill, &c., by

Procuration without

lawful Authority or uttering such Bill,

&c., with Intent to

defraud, Felony.

Obliterating Cross- ings on Cheques.

Forging Debentures.

Forging Proceedings

of Courts of Record or Courts of Equity.

Forging Copies or Certificates of Records,

forged Process.

Or

Chattels or of any Note, Bill or other Security for the Payment of Money, or for procuring or giving Credit or any Indorsement on, or Assignment of, any such Undertaking, Warrant, Order, Authority or Request or any accountable Receipt, Acquittance, Receipt for Money or for Goods or for any Note Bill or other Security for the Payment of Money or any Indorsement on or Assignment of any such accountable Receipt with Intent, in any of the Cases aforesaid to defraud 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,-or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.

25. Whosoever with Intent to defraud shall draw, make, sign, accept or indese any Bill of Exchange or Promissory Note or any Undertaking, Warrant, Order, Authority or Request for the Payment of Money or for the Delivery or Transfer of Goods or Chattels, or of any Bill, Note or other Security for Money by Procuration or otherwise for, in the Name, or on the Account of any other Person without lawful Authority or Excuse, or shall offer, utter, dispose of or put off any such Bill, Note, Undertaking, Warrant, Order, Authority or Request so made, drawn, signed, accepted or indorsed by Procuration or otherwise without lawful Authority or Excuse as aforesaid, knowing the same to have been so drawn, made, signed, accepted or indorsed 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 not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.

26. Whenever any Cheque or Draft on any Banker shall be crossed with the Name of a Banker or with Two transverse Lines with the Words "and Company" or any Abbreviation thereof, whosoever shall obliterate, add to, or alter any such Crossing, or shall offer, utter, dispose of or put off any Cheque or Draft whereon any such Obliteration, Addition or Alteration has been made with Intent in any of the Cases aforesaid, to defraud, 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,-or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.

27. 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 nor exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.

As to forging Records, Process, Instruments of Evidence, &c.:-

28. 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, Aflima- tion, 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 Thre Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.

29. Whosoever being the Clerk of any Court or other Officer having the Custody Process of Courts not of the Records of any Court, or being the Deputy of any such Clerk or Officer shall utt:: of Record, and using any false Copy or Certificate of any Record, knowing the same to be false; and whose ever other than such Clerk, Officer or Deputy shall sign or certify any Copy or Certi ficate of any Record as such Clerk, Officer, or Deputy; and whosoever shall forge fraudulently alter, or offer, utter, dispose of or put off, knowing the same to be forg or frundulently altered, any Copy or Certificate of any Record or shall offer, utics