A.D. 1865.]
COINAGE OFFENCES.
Supplemental Provisions.
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terfeit.
23. Where, on the trial of any person charged with any offence against this Ordinance, it is 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.
24 & 25 Viet. c. 99 s. 29.
deemed complete.
24. Every offence of falsely making or counterfeiting any coin, or of buying, selling, receiving, paying, tendering, uttering, or putting off, or 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, may not be in a fit state to be uttered or the counterfeiting thereof may not be finished or perfected.
25.-(1.) Whenever it appears to any Justice of the Peace, upon the oath of any person, that there is reasonable cause to suspect that any person has been concerned in counterfeiting the Queen's current gold, silver, or copper coin or any such foreign or other coin as is mentioned in this Ordinance, or has in his custody or possession or under his control, in any building, vessel, or place, any such false or counterfeit coin, or any instrument, tool, or engine whatsoever adapted and intended for the making or counterfeiting of any such coin, or any other machine used or intended to be used for making or counterfeiting any such coin, such Justice of the Peace may, by his warrant directed to any Police officer, empower such officer, by day or by night,--
(a.) to enter, and, if necessary, to break into, such building, vessel, or place, and therein to search for and seize any such false or counterfeit coin and any such instrument, tool, or engine, and any such machine as aforesaid; and
(b.) to arrest every person, being in such building, vessel, or place, who appears to have such coin, instrument, tool, engine, or machine in his custody or possession or under his control, and to bring every such person before a Magistrate to be dealt with according to law.
(2.) 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 as aforesaid shall, after they have been so seized, be carried before a Magistrate, and such Magistrate shall have power, whether any person is charged with or convicted of any offence or not, to order the forfeiture of such coin, instruments, tools, engines, and machines.
issue search warrant for coin or instruments for coining, and proceedings thereon.
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COINAGE OFFENCES.
Supplemental Provisions.
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terfeit.
23. Where, on the trial of any person charged with any offence Proof of coin against this Ordinance, it is necessary to prove that any coin produced being coun in evidence against such person is false or counterfeit, it shall not be 24 & 25 Viet. 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.
c. 99 s. 29.
deemed 76, 8, 30. complete.
24. Every offence of falsely making or counterfeiting any coin, or of When coun- buying, selling, receiving, paying, tendering, uttering, or putting off, or etc., to be 1erfeiting, 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, may not be in a fit state to be uttered or the counterfeiting thereof may not be finished or perfected,
25.-(1.) Whenever it appears to any Justice of the Peace, upon the Power to oath of any person, that there is reasonable cause to suspect that any person has been concerned in counterfeiting the Queen's current gold, counterfeit silver, or copper coin or any such foreign or other coin as is mentioned in this Ordinance, or has in his custody or possession or under his control, in any building, vessel, or place, any such false or counterfeit coin, or any instrument, tool, or engine whatsoever adapted and intended for the making or counterfeiting of any such coin, or any other machine used or intended to be used for making or counterfeiting any such coin, such Justice of the Peace may, by his warrant directed to any Police officer, empower such officer, by day or by night,--
(a.) to enter, and, if necessary, to break into, such building, vessel, or place, and therein to search for and seize any such false or counterfeit coin and any such instrument, tool, or engine, and any such machine as aforesaid; and
(b.) to arrest every person, being in such building, vessel, or place, who appears to have such coin, instrument, tool, engine, or ma- chine in his custody or possession or under his control, and to bring every such person before a Magistrate to be dealt with according to law,
(2.) 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 as aforesaid shall, after they have been so seized, he carried before a Magistrate, and such Magistrate shall have power, whether any person is charged with or convicted of any offence or not, to order the forfeiture of such coin, instruments, tools, engines, and ma-
issue search warrant for
coin or instru- ments for
coining, and proceedings thereon.
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