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FORGERY.

No. 11 of 1922.

2657

(h) any declaration, warrant, order, affidavit, affirmation, certificate, or other document required or authorised to be made by or for the purposes of the Government Annuities Act, 1829, or the Government Annuities Act, 1832, or by 10 Geo. 4, the National Debt Commissioners acting under the authority of the said Acts;

(i) any certificate, certificate of valuation, sentence or decree of condemnation or restitution, or any copy of such sentence or decree, or any receipt required by the Slave Trade Acts.

5.-(1) Forgery of the following documents, if committed with intent to defraud or deceive, shall be felony, and punishable with imprisonment for life-

24 & 25 Vict. c. 59.

Forgery of certain documents with intent to defraud or deceive.

3 & 4 Geo. 5, c. 27, s. 3.

Any document whatsoever having thereupon or affixed thereto the stamp or impression of 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 twenty-fourth 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 the Colony.

(2) Forgery of the following documents, if committed with intent to defraud or deceive, shall be felony, and punishable with imprisonment for any term not exceeding fourteen years:-

(a) any register or record of births, baptisms, namings, dedications, marriages, deaths, burials or cremations, which now is, or hereafter may be, by law authorised or required to be kept in the Colony, relating to any birth, baptism, naming, dedication, marriage, death, burial, or cremation, or any part of any such register, or any certified copy of any such register, or of any part thereof;

(b) any copy of any register of baptisms, marriages, burials, or cremations, directed or required by law to be transmitted to any registrar or other officer;

(c) any register of the birth, baptism, death, burial, or cremation of any person to be appointed a nominee under the provisions of the Government Annuities Act, 1829, or any copy or certificate of any such register, or the name of any witness to any such certificate;

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FORGERY. No. 11 of 1922. 2657 (h) any declaration, warrant, order, affidavit, affirmation, certificate, or other document required or authorised to be made by or for the purposes of the Government Annuities Act, 1829, or the Government Annuities Act, 1832, or by 10 Geo. 4, the National Debt Commissioners acting under the authority of the said Acts; (i) any certificate, certificate of valuation, sentence or decree of condemnation or restitution, or any copy of such sentence or decree, or any receipt required by the Slave Trade Acts. 5.-(1) Forgery of the following documents, if committed with intent to defraud or deceive, shall be felony, and punishable with imprisonment for life- 24 & 25 Vict. c. 59. Forgery of certain documents with intent to defraud or deceive. 3 & 4 Geo. 5, c. 27, s. 3. Any document whatsoever having thereupon or affixed thereto the stamp or impression of 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 twenty-fourth 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 the Colony. (2) Forgery of the following documents, if committed with intent to defraud or deceive, shall be felony, and punishable with imprisonment for any term not exceeding fourteen years:- (a) any register or record of births, baptisms, namings, dedications, marriages, deaths, burials or cremations, which now is, or hereafter may be, by law authorised or required to be kept in the Colony, relating to any birth, baptism, naming, dedication, marriage, death, burial, or cremation, or any part of any such register, or any certified copy of any such register, or of any part thereof; (b) any copy of any register of baptisms, marriages, burials, or cremations, directed or required by law to be transmitted to any registrar or other officer; (c) any register of the birth, baptism, death, burial, or cremation of any person to be appointed a nominee under the provisions of the Government Annuities Act, 1829, or any copy or certificate of any such register, or the name of any witness to any such certificate; Page 5 Page 6
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FORGERY. No. 11 of 1922. 2657 (h) any declaration, warrant, order, affidavit, affirmation, certificate, or other document required or authorised to be made by or for the purposes of the Government Annuities Act, 1829, or the Government Annuities Act, 1832, or by 10 Geo. 4, the National Debt Commissioners acting under the authority 23 Will. 4, of the said Acts; (i) any certificate, certificate of valuation, sentence or decree of condemnation or restitution, or any copy of such sentence or decree, or any receipt required by the Slave Trade Acts. 5.-(1) Forgery of the following documents, if committed with intent to defraud or deceive, shall be felony, and punishable with imprisonment for life- 24. c. 59. Forgery of certain docu- ments with intent to defraud or 3 & 4 Geo. 5, Any document whatsoever having thereupon or affixed deceive. thereto the stamp or impression of the Great Seal of the c. 27, s. 3. 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 twenty-fourth 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 the Colony. (2) Forgery of the following documents, if committed with intent to defraud or deceive, shall be felony, and punishable with imprisonment for any term not exceeding fourteen years:- (a) any register or record of births, baptisms, namings, dedications, marriages, deaths, burials or cremations, which now is, or hereafter may be, by law authorised or required to be kept in the Colony, relating to any birth, baptism, naming, dedication, marriage, death, burial, or cremation, or any part of any such register, or any certified copy of any such register, or of any part thereof; (b) any copy of any register of baptisms, marriages, burials, or cremations, directed or required by law to be transmitted to any registrar or other officer; (c) any register of the birth, baptism, death, burial, or cremation of any person to be appointed a nominee under the provisions of the Government Annuities Act, 1829, or any 10 Geo. 4, copy or certificate of any such register, or the name of any c. 24. witness to any such certificate; Page 5Page 6
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FORGERY.

No. 11 of 1922.

2657

(h) any declaration, warrant, order, affidavit, affirmation, certificate, or other document required or authorised to be made by or for the purposes of the Government Annuities Act, 1829, or the Government Annuities Act, 1832, or by 10 Geo. 4, the National Debt Commissioners acting under the authority 23 Will. 4, of the said Acts;

(i) any certificate, certificate of valuation, sentence or decree of condemnation or restitution, or any copy of such sentence or decree, or any receipt required by the Slave Trade Acts.

5.-(1) Forgery of the following documents, if committed with intent to defraud or deceive, shall be felony, and punishable with imprisonment for life-

24.

c. 59.

Forgery of certain docu-

ments with intent to defraud or

3 & 4 Geo. 5,

Any document whatsoever having thereupon or affixed deceive. thereto the stamp or impression of the Great Seal of the c. 27, s. 3. 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 twenty-fourth 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 the Colony.

(2) Forgery of the following documents, if committed with intent to defraud or deceive, shall be felony, and punishable with imprisonment for any term not exceeding fourteen

years:-

(a) any register or record of births, baptisms, namings, dedications, marriages, deaths, burials or cremations, which now is, or hereafter may be, by law authorised or required to be kept in the Colony, relating to any birth, baptism, naming, dedication, marriage, death, burial, or cremation, or any part of any such register, or any certified copy of any such register, or of any part thereof;

(b) any copy of any register of baptisms, marriages, burials, or cremations, directed or required by law to be transmitted to any registrar or other officer;

(c) any register of the birth, baptism, death, burial, or cremation of any person to be appointed a nominee under the provisions of the Government Annuities Act, 1829, or any 10 Geo. 4, copy or certificate of any such register, or the name of any c. 24. witness to any such certificate;

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