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No. 3 of 1865.

Abettor in misdemeanor may be indicted, etc., as principal offender, [24 & 25 Vict. c. 94 s. 8.]

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ACCESSORIES AND ABETTORS.

at one time, may be charged with substantive felonies in the same indictment and may be tried together, notwithstanding the principal felon is not included in the same indictment or is not in custody or amenable to justice.

8. Every person who aids, abets, counsels, or procures the commission of any misdemeanor, whether the same is a misdemeanor at common law or by virtue of any Ordinance, shall be liable to be indicted, tried and punished as a principal offender.

No. 4 of 1865.

Short title. [24 & 25 Vict. c. 99.]

Forging Great Seal, etc., or Public Seal of the Colony. [ib. s. 1.]

To consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Indictable Offences by Forgery.

[14th June, 1865.]

1. The Forgery Ordinance, 1865.

Forgery of His Majesty's Seals, etc.

2. Every person who--

(1) forges or counterfeits, or utters, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited, the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, His Majesty's Privy Seal, any Privy Signet of His Majesty, His Majesty's Royal Sign Manual, any of His Majesty's Seals appointed by the 24th 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

(2) forges or counterfeits the stamp or impression of any of the seals aforesaid; or

(3) utters 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

(4) forges or alters, or utters, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any document or instrument having any of the said stamps or impressions thereon or affixed thereto,

*As amended by No. 50 of 1911.

As amended by No. 30 of 1911 and No. 51 of 1911.

4. (1) knowingly or fraudulently ... any document or writing purporting to be a share or certificate of a share of any public bank or company, or any document or writing purporting to be issued under or in pursuance of any Act of Parliament or Ordinance or any order or authority of any public body or person in this Colony or elsewhere, or any seal or stamp or any document or writing whatsoever, shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) knowingly utters or ... such ... or any document or writing whatsoever, knowing the same to be ... or altered, or to be a false copy, or to be made or altered in any material part thereof, with intent to ... or defraud any person, shall be guilty of an offence.