ORDINANCE No. 10 of 1865.
Coinage Offences.
convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding one year, with or without hard labour. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 4 of 1887.]
17. No tender of payment in money made in any gold, silver, or copper coin so defaced by stamping as in the last preceding section mentioned shall be allowed to be a legal tender; and whosoever shall tender, utter, or put off any coin so defaced shall, on conviction thereof before a Police Magistrate, be liable to forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding ten dollars: Provided that it shall not be lawful for any person to proceed for any such last-mentioned penalty without the consent of Her Majesty's Attorney General for this Colony. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 4 of 1887.]
18. Whosoever shall make or counterfeit any kind of coin not being the Queen's current gold or silver coin, but resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for any gold or silver coin of any foreign prince, state, or country, 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 three years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement.
865
Tender of coin
so defaced not to be a legal tender, and penalty for uttering the same.
[See, ibid.]
Counterfeit gold and silver coin.
counterfeit coin into the Colony.
19. Whosoever, without lawful authority or excuse (the proof whereof shall lie on the party accused), shall bring or receive into this Colony any such false or counterfeit coin resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for any gold or silver coin of any foreign prince, state, or country, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, 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 three years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement.
20. Whosoever shall tender, utter, or put off any such false or counterfeit coin resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for any gold or silver coin of any foreign prince, state, or country, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour.
21. Whosoever, having been so convicted as in the last preceding section mentioned, shall afterwards commit the like offence of tendering,
Penalty for uttering such counterfeit coin.
Second offence of uttering
ORDINANCE No. 10 of 1865.
Coinage Offences.
convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding one year, with or without hard labour. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 4 of 1887.]
17. No tender of payment in money made in any gold, silver, or copper coin so defaced by stamping as in the last preceding section mentioned shall be allowed to be a legal tender; and whosoever shall tender, utter, or put off any coin so defaced shall, on conviction thereof before a Police Magistrate, be liable to forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding ten dollars: Provided that it shall not be lawful for any person to proceed for any such last-mentioned penalty without the consent of Her Majesty's Attorney General for this Colony. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 4 of 1887.]
18. Whosoever shall make or counterfeit any kind of coin not being the Queen's current gold or silver coin, but resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for any gold or silver coin of any foreign prince, state, or country, 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 three years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement.
865
Tender of coin
so defaced not to be a legal tender, and penalty for uttering the
.same.
[See,ibid.]
Counterfeit gold and
ing forcign
silver coin.
counterfeit coin into the Colony.
19. Whosoever, without lawful authority or excuse (the proof Bringing such whereof shall lie on the party accused), shall bring or receive into this Colony any such false or counterfeit coin resembling or apparently intended. to resemble or pass for any gold or silver coin of any foreign prince, state, or country, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, 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 three years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement.
20. Whosoever shall tender, utter, or put off any such false or counterfeit coin resembling or apparently intended to resemble or pass for any gold or silver coin of any foreign prince, state, or country, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour.
21. Whosoever, having been so convicted as in the last preceding section mentioned, shall afterwards commit the like offence of tendering,
Penalty for uttering such counterfeit coin.
Second often
offence of uttering
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