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No. 4 of 1865.

30. Every person who-

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Forging copy or certificate of record or process of Court and using forged process. [24 & 25 Vict. c. 98 s. 28.]

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Forging instrument made evidence by Act or Ordinance. [ib. s. 29.]

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Forging memorial, etc., relating to registry of deeds. [ib. s. 31.] [See No. 1 of 1844.]

(1) being the clerk of any Court or other officer having the custody of the records of any Court, or being the deputy of any such clerk or officer, utters any false copy or certificate of any such clerk or officer, knowing the same to be false; or

(2) not being such clerk, officer, or deputy, signs or certifies any copy or certificate of any record as such clerk, officer, or deputy; or (3) forges or fraudulently alters, or offers, utters, disposes of, or puts off, any copy or certificate of any record having thereon any false or forged name, handwriting, or signature, knowing the same to be false or forged; or

(4) forges the seal of any Court in this Colony; or

(5) forges or fraudulently alters any process of any Court other than such Courts as are mentioned in the last section; or

(6) serves or enforces any forged process of any Court whatsoever, knowing the same to be forged; or

(7) delivers or causes to be delivered to any person any paper falsely purporting to be any such process, or a copy thereof, or to be any judgment, decree, or order of any Court, or a copy thereof, knowing the same to be false; or

(8) acts or professes to act under any such false process, knowing the same to be false,

shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 7 years.

31. Every person who forges or fraudulently alters, or offers, utters, disposes of, or puts off, knowing the same to be forged or fraudulently altered, any instrument, whether written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, which is made evidence in this Colony by any enactment, and for which offence no punishment is herein provided, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 7 years.

Forgery of registers of deeds.

32. Every person who-

(1) forges or fraudulently alters, or offers, utters, disposes of, or puts off, knowing the same to be forged or fraudulently altered,

* As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911 and the Final Revision Ordinance 1912.

As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911 and No. 22 of 1912.

As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911, No. 22 of 1912 and the Final Revision Ordinance 1912.

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