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FORGERY.

No. 4 of 1865.

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(4) takes or assists in taking any impression of any such plate, die, or seal ast mentioned in the last section,

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

c. 98 s. 11.]

13. Every person who, without lawful authority or excuse, pur- Purchasing chases, or receives, or knowingly has in his custody or possession to be used any paper manufactured and provided hy or under the directions for excle. of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue or Commissioners of His etc.

quer bills, Majesty's Treasury for the purpose of being used as exchequer [24 & 25 Vict. bills, bonds, or debentures, before such paper has been duly stamped, signed, and issued for public use, or any such plate, die, or seal as is mentioned in the last two sections, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 3 years.

Forgery of bank notes.

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bank note,

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14. (1) Every person who forges or alters, or offers, utters, Forging disposes of, or puts off, knowing the same to be forged or altered, etc. any note or bill of exchange of the Bank of England, or of the [ib.s. 12.] Bank of Ireland, or of any other banker, commonly called a bank note, a bank bill of exchange, or a bank post bill, or any indorse- ment on or assignment of any bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill, with intent to defraud, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for life.

(2) In this and the following sections of this Ordinance, "banker' means any body corporate, company, or person, carry- ing on the business of banking, other than the Bank of England and the Bank of Ireland.

note, etc.

[ib. s. 13.]

15. Every person who, without lawful authority or excuse, pur- Purchasing, chases or receives from any other person, or has in his custody or receiving, or having possession, any forged bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank forged bank post bill, or blank bank note, blank bank bill of exchange, or blank bank post bill, knowing the same to be forged, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceed- ing 14 years.

Making and engraving plates, etc., for bank notes, etc. 16. Every person who, without lawful authority or excuse,-

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* As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911 and No. 51 of frame, etc.,

1911.

for making

As amended by No. 30 of 1911 and No. 50 of 1911.

paper with