COINAGE OFFENCES.
No. 7 of 1865.
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shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for life.
Supplemental provisions.
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 Vict. c. 99 s. 29.]
24. Every offence of falsely making or counterfeiting any coin, or of buying, selling, receiving, paying, tendering, uttering, or putting off, 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, may not be in a fit state to be uttered or the counterfeiting thereof may not be finished or perfected. [ib. s. 30.]
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 King'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
* As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 51 of 1911.
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No. 7 of 1865.
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complete. any false or counterfeit coin, against the provisions of this Ordin- [ib. s. 30.] ance, 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.
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25.-(1) Whenever it appears to any Justice of the Peace, upon the oath of any person, that there is reasonable cause to suspect issue search that any person has been concerned in counterfeiting the King's warrant for 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 posses sion or under his control, in any building, vessel, or place, any such false or counterfeit coin, or any instrument, tool, or engine whatso- ever 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
* As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 51 of 1911.
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