FORGERY.
No. 11 of 1922.
15.67
(c) the crossing on any cheque, draft on a banker, post office money order, postal order, coupon or other document the crossing of which is authorized or recognized by law, shall be a material part of such cheque, draft, order, coupon or document.
4.-(1) Forgery of the following documents, if committed with intent to defraud, shall be felony and punishable with imprisonment for life-
(a) any will, codicil or other testamentary document, either of a dead or of a living person, or any probate or letters of administration, whether with or without the will annexed;
(b) any deed or bond, or any assignment at law or in equity of any deed or bond, or any attestation of the execution of any deed or bond;
(c) any bank note, or any indorsement on or assignment of any bank note;
(2) Forgery of the following documents, if committed with intent to defraud, shall be felony and punishable with imprisonment for any term not exceeding fourteen years-
(a) any valuable security or assignment thereof or indorsement thereon, or where the valuable security is a bill of exchange, any acceptance thereof;
(b) any document of title to lands or any assignment thereof or indorsement thereon;
(c) any document of title to goods or any assignment thereof or indorsement thereon;
(d) any power of attorney or other authority to transfer any share or interest in any stock, annuity or public fund of the United Kingdom or any part of His Majesty's dominions or of any foreign state or country or to transfer any share or interest in the debt of any public body, company or society, British or foreign, or in the capital stock of any such company or society, or to receive any dividend or money payable in respect of such share or interest or any attestation of any such power of attorney or other authority;
* As amended by No. 11 of 1924 [14.11.24] and Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
Forgery of certain documents with intent to defraud.
3 & 4 Geo. 5, c. 27, s. 2.
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FORGERY.
No. 11 of 1922.
15.67
(c) the crossing on any cheque, draft on a banker, post office money order, postal order, coupon or other document the crossing of which is authorized or recognized by law, shall be a material part of such cheque, draft, order, coupon or document.
4.-(1) Forgery of the following documents, if committed with intent to defraud, shall be felony and punishable with imprisonment for life-
(a) any will, codicil or other testamentary document, either of a dead or of a living person, or any probate or letters of administration, whether with or without the will annexed;
(b) any deed or bond, or any assignment at law or in equity of any deed or bond, or any attestation of the execution of any deed or bond;
(c) any bank note, or any indorsement on or assignment of any bank note;
(2) Forgery of the following documents, if committed with. intent to defraud, shall be felony and punishable with imprison- ment for any term not exceeding fourteen years-
(a) any valuable security or assignment thereof or indorse- ment thereon, or where the valuable security is a bill of exchange, any acceptance thereof;
(b) any document of title to lands or any assignment thereof or indorsement thereon;
(c) any document of title to goods or any assignment thereof or indorsement thereon;
(d) any power of attorney or other authority to transfer any share or interest in any stock, annuity or public fund of the United Kingdom or any part of His Majesty's dominions or of any foreign state or country or to transfer any share or interest in the debt of any public body, company or society, British or foreign, or in the capital stock of any such company or society, or to receive any dividend or money payable in respect of such share or interest or any attestation of
of any such
power attorney or other authority;
* As amended by No. 11 of 1924 [14.11.24] and Law Rev. Ord., 1939,
Supp. Sched.
Forgery of certain docu-
ments with intent to defraud.
3 & 4 Geo. 5, c. 27, s. 2.
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