778
ORDINANCES Nos. 5 AND 6 OF 1865.
Accessories and Abettors.
Forgery.
Commencement of Ordinance.
whether the same be a misdemeanor at common law or by virtue of any Ordinance passed or to be passed, shall be liable to be indicted, tried and punished as a principal offender.
9. ["8" as amended by Ordinance No. 1 of 1866.] This Ordinance shall commence and take effect on the fourteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
No. 6 of 1865.
Title. [24 & 25 Vic. c. 98.]
Preamble.
Forging Her Majesty's seals, &c., or the public seal of the Colony
An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Enactments in Force in this Colony relating to indictable Offences by Forgery.
[3rd June, 1865.]
WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the enactments in force in this Colony relating to indictable offences by forgery: Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
As to forging Her Majesty's Seals, &c.
1. Whosoever shall forge or counterfeit, or shall utter, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited, the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Privy Seal, any Privy Signet of Her Majesty, Her Majesty's Royal Sign Manual, any of Her Majesty's Seals appointed by the Twenty-fourth Article of the Union between England and Scotland to be kept, used, and continued in Scotland, the Great Seal of Ireland, the Privy Seal of Ireland, or the Public Seal of this Colony, or shall forge or counterfeit the stamp or impression of any of the seals aforesaid, or shall utter any document or instrument whatsoever, having thereon or affixed thereto the stamp or impression of any such forged or counterfeited seal, knowing the same to be the stamp or impression of such forged or counterfeited seal, or any forged or counterfeited stamp or impression made or apparently intended to resemble the stamp or impression of any of the seals aforesaid knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited; or shall forge or alter, or utter knowing the same to be forged or altered, any document or instrument having any of the said stamps or impressions thereon or affixed thereto, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted
778
ORDINANCES Nos. 5 AND 6 OF 1865.
Accessories and Abettors.
Forgery.
Commence- ment of Ordinance.
whether the same be a misdemeanor at common law or by virtue of any Ordinance passed or to be passed, shall be liable to be indicted, tried and punished as a principal offender.
9. ["8" as amended by Ordinance No. 1 of 1866.] This Ordi- nance shall commence and take effect on the fourteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
No. 6 of 1865.
Title. [24 & 25 Vic. e. 98.]
Preamble.
Forging Her Majesty's
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seals, &c., or the public seal of the Colony
An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Enactments in Force in this Colony relating to indictable Offences by Forgery.
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[3rd June, 1865.]
HEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the enactments in force in this Colony relating to indictable offences by forgery: Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
As to forging Her Majesty's Seals, &c.
1. Whosoever shall forge or counterfeit, or shall utter, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited, the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Privy Seal, any Privy Signet of Her Majesty, Her Majesty's Royal Sign Manual, any of Her Majesty's Seals appointed by the Twenty- fourth Article of the Union between England and Scotland to be kept, used, and continued in Scotland, the Great Seal of Ireland, the Privy Seal of Ireland, or the Public Seal of this Colony, or shall forge or counterfeit the stamp or impression of any of the seals aforesaid, or shall utter any document or instrument whatsoever, having thereon or affixed thereto the stamp or impression of any such forged or counterfeited seal, knowing the same to be the stamp or impression of such forged or counterfeited seal, or any forged or counterfeited stamp or impression made or apparently intended to resemble the stamp or impression of any of the seals aforesaid knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited ; or shall forge or alter, or utter knowing the same to be forged or altered, any document or instrument having any of the said stamps or impressions thereon or affixed thereto, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted
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