ORDINANCE No. 10 OF 1865.
Coinage Offences.
any such gold or silver in dust, solution, or otherwise as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for a Police Magistrate, by warrant under his hand, to cause any place whatsoever belonging to or in the occupation or under the control of such suspected person to be searched, either in the day or in the night, and if any such false or counterfeit coin, or any such instrument, tool, or engine, or any such machine, or any such filings, clippings, or bullion, or any such gold or silver in dust, solution, or otherwise as aforesaid, shall be found in any place so searched, to cause the same to be seized and carried forthwith before a Police Magistrate; and whensoever any such false or counterfeit coin, or any such instrument, tool, or engine, or any such machine, or any such filings, clippings, or bullion, or any such gold or silver in dust, solution, or otherwise as aforesaid, shall in any case whatsoever be seized and carried before a Police Magistrate, he shall, if necessary, cause the same to be secured for the purpose of being produced in evidence against any person who may be prosecuted for any offence against this Ordinance; and all such false and counterfeit coin, and all instruments, tools, and engines adapted and intended for the making or counterfeiting of coin, and all such machines and all such filings, clippings, and bullion, and all such gold and silver in dust, solution, or otherwise as aforesaid, after they shall have been produced in evidence, or when they shall have been seized, and shall not be required to be produced in evidence, shall forthwith be delivered up to the officers of the mint, or to the Crown Solicitor, or to any person authorized by them to receive the same. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 4 of 1887.]
offence
$69
What shall be sufficient being counterfeit.
28. Where, upon the trial of any person charged with any offence against this Ordinance, it shall be necessary to prove that any coin produced in evidence against such person is false or counterfeit, it shall not be necessary to prove the same to be false and counterfeit by the evidence of any moneyer, or other officer of the mint, but it shall be sufficient to prove the same to be false or counterfeit by the evidence of any other credible witness.
Where the counterfeiting complete.
29. Every offence of falsely making or counterfeiting any coin, or of buying, selling, receiving, paying, tendering, uttering, or putting off, coin shall be or of offering to buy, sell, receive, pay, utter, or put off, any false or counterfeit coin, against the provisions of this Ordinance, shall be deemed to be complete, although the coin so made or counterfeited, or bought, sold, received, paid, tendered, uttered, or put off, or offered to be bought, sold, received, paid, uttered, or put off, shall not be in a fit state to be uttered, or the counterfeiting thereof shall not be finished or perfected.
Any person may apprehend offenders against this Ordinance.
30. It shall be lawful for any person whatsoever to apprehend any person who shall be found committing any indictable offence against this Ordinance, and to convey or deliver him to some constable or officer of Ordinance
ORDINANCE No. 10 OF 1865.
Coinage Offences.
any such gold or silver in dust, solution, or otherwise as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for a Police Magistrate, by warrant under his hand, to cause any place whatsoever belonging to or in the occupation or under the control of such suspected person to be searched, either in the day or in the night, and if any such false or counterfeit coin, or any such instrument, tool, or engine, or any such machine, or any such filings, clippings, or bullion, or any such gold or silver in dust, solution, or otherwise as aforesaid, shall be found in any place so searched, to cause the same to be seized and carried forthwith before a Police Magistrate; and whensoever any such false or counterfeit coin, or any such instrument, tool, or engine, or any such machine, or any such filings, clippings, or bullion, or any such gold or silver in dust, solution, or otherwise as aforesaid, shall in any case whatsoever be seized and carried before a Police Magistrate, he shall, if necessary, cause the same to be secured for the purpose of being produced in evidence against any person who may be prosecuted for any offence against this Ordinance; and all such false and counterfeit coin, and all instru- ments, tools, and engines adapted and intended for the making or counterfeiting of coin, and all such machines and all such filings, clippings, and bullion, and all such gold and silver in dust, solution, or otherwise as aforesaid, after they shall have been produced in evidence, or when they shall have been seized, and shall not be required to be produced in evidence, shall forthwith be delivered up to the officers of the mint, or to the Crown Solicitor, or to any person authorized by them to receive the same.. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 4 of 1887.]
offence
$69
What shall be sufficient
being conn- terfeit.
28. Where, upon the trial of any person charged with any against this Ordinance, it shall be necessary to prove that any coin proof of coin produced in evidence against such person is false or counterfeit, it shall not be necessary to prove the samne to be false and counterfeit by the evidence of any moneyer, or other officer of the mint, but it shall be sufficient to prove the same to be false or counterfeit by the evidence of any other credible witness.
Where the counterfeiting
complete.
29. Every offence of falsely making or counterfeiting any coin, or of buying, selling, receiving, paying, tendering, uttering, or putting off, coin shall be or of offering to buy, sell, receive, pay, utter, or put off, any false or counterfeit coin, against the provisions of this Ordinance, shall be deemed to be complete, although the coin so made or counterfeited, or bought, sold, received, paid, tendered, uttered, or put off, or offered to be bought, sold, received, paid, uttered, or put off, shall not be in a fit state to be uttered, or the counterfeiting thereof shall not be finished or perfected.
Any person may appre- hend offenders against this
30. It shall be lawful for any person whatsoever to apprehend any person who shall be found committing any indictable offence against this Ordinance, and to convey or deliver him to some constable or officer of Ordinance
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