THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH JUNE, 1865.
dispose of or put off any Copy or Certificate of any Record having thereon any false or forged Name, Handwriting or Signature, knowing the same to be false or forged; and whosoever shall forge the Seal of any Court of Record in this Colony, or shall forge or fraudulently alter any Process of any Court other than such Courts as in the last preceding Section mentioned, or shall serve or enforce any forged Process of any Court whatsoever, knowing the same to be forged, or shall deliver or cause to be delivered to any Person any Paper falsely purporting to be any such Process, or a Copy thereof, or be any Judgment, Decree or Order of any Court of Law or Equity, or a Copy thereof, knowing the same to be false, or shall act or profess to act under any such false Process, knowing the same to be false, shall be guilty of Felony, and being con- victed 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 Three Years,- or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.
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30. Whosoever shall forge or fraudulently alter or shall offer, utter, dispose of or. Forging Instru- put off, knowing the same to be forged or fraudulently altered, any Instrument, whether ments made Evidence written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, which is or shall be made Evi- ment or Ordinance. dence in this Colony by any Act of Parliament or Ordinance passed or to be passed, and for which Offence no Punishment is herein provided, shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in l'enal Servitude for any Term not exceeding Seven 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 Registers of Deeds:-
31. Whosoever shall forge or fraudulently alter, or shall offer, utter, dispose of, or Forgery as to the put off, knowing the same to be forged or fraudulently altered, any Memorial, Affidavit, Registry of Deeds. Affirmation, Declaration, Entry, Certificate, Indorsement, Document or Writing made or issued under the Provisions of any Ordinance passed or hereafter to be passed for or relating to the Registry of Deeds, or shall forge or counterfeit the Seal of or belonging to any Office for the Registry of Deeds, or any Stamp or Impression of any such Seal; or shall forge any Name, Handwriting or Signature purporting to be the Name, Hand- writing or Signature of any Person to any such Memorial, Affidavit, Affirmation, Decla- ration, Entry, Certificate, Indorsement, Document, or Writing, which shall be required or directed to be signed by or by virtue of any Act of Parliament or Ordinance passed or to be passed, or shall offer, utter, dispose of or put off any such Memorial or other Writing as in this Section before mentioned, having thercon any such forged Stamp or Impression of any such Seal, or any such forged Name, Handwriting, or Signature knowing the same to be forged, 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 impri- soned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.
As to forging Orders, &c., of Justices of the Peace:-
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Affidavits, &c.
32. Whosoever, with Intent to defraud, shall forge or alter, or shall offer, utter, Forging Justices Or- dispose of or put off, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any Summons, Convic-ders, Recognizances, tion, Order, or Warrant of any Justice of the Peace, or any Recognizance purporting to have been entered into before any Justice of the Peace, or other Officer authorized to take the same, or any Examination, Deposition, Affidavit, Affirmation, or solemn Declaration, taken or made before any Justice of the Peace, or any Commissioner ap- pointed to administer Oaths, 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 the Term of 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 Official Signatures:-
33. Whosoever, with Intent to defraud, shall forge or alter any Certificate, Report, Forging Official Sig- Entry, Licence, Permit, Indorsement, Direction, Authority, Instrument, or Writing natures. made or purporting or appearing to be made by the Governor, or Colonial Secretary, or by the Colonial Treasurer, Auditor-General, or any Officer of Customs, or by any ilcer of any Court in this Colony, or the Name, Handwriting, or Signature of the Governor, Colonial Secretary, Colonial Treasurer, Auditor-General, Officer of Customs, as aforesaid, or shall offer, utter, dispose of, or put off, any such Certificate,
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