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Making,

mending,

or having

possession of

c. 99 s. 24.]

*

No. 7 of 1865.

COINAGE OFFENCES.

mentioned in the last section, shall, on conviction thereof before a Magistrate, forfeit all such false and counterfeit coin (which shall be cut in pieces and destroyed by order of the Magistrate) and shall for every such offence be liable to a fine not exceeding 10 dollars for every such piece of false and counterfeit coin which is found in his custody or possession, one moiety of which shall go to the informer.

(2) In case any such penalty is not forthwith paid, it shall be lawful for the Magistrate to deal with the offender according to the law relating to summary conviction.

Miscellaneous offences relating to coin.

21. Every person who, without lawful authority or excuse,- (1) knowingly makes or mends, or begins or proceeds to make or mend, or buys or sells, or has in his custody or possession any [24 & 25 Vict. puncheon, counter puncheon, matrix, stamp, die, pattern, or mould, in or upon which there is or are made or impressed, or which will make or impress, or which is adapted and intended to make or impress the figure, stamp, or apparent resemblance of both or either of the sides of any of the King's current gold or silver coin, or of any coin of any foreign prince, state, or country, or any part or parts of both or either of such sides; or

(2) makes or mends, or begins or proceeds to make or mend, or buys or sells, or has in his custody or possession any edger, edging or other tool, collar, instrument, or engine adapted and intended for the marking of coin round the edges with letters, grainings, or other marks or figures apparently resembling those on the edges of any such coin as in this section aforesaid, knowing the same to be so adapted and intended as aforesaid; or

(3) makes or mends, or begins or proceeds to make or mend, for or buys or sells, or has in his custody or possession any press for coinage, or any cutting engine for cutting, by force of a screw or of any other contrivance, round blanks out of gold, silver, or other metal or mixture of metals, or any other machine, knowing such press to be a press for coinage or knowing such engine or machine to have been used or to be intended to be used for or in order to the false making or counterfeiting of any such coin as is mentioned in this section,

* As amended by No. 19 of 1911, No. 20 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911 and No. 51 of 1911.

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