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FORGERY ACT 1913 - SECT 9

Making or having in possession paper or implements for forgery.

9. Every person shall be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof shall be
liable to penal servitude for any term not exceeding seven years, who, without
lawful authority or excuse, the proof whereof shall lie on the accused:

(a)Makes, uses, or knowingly has in his custody or possession any paper
intended to resemble and pass as

(i)Special paper such as is provided and used for making any bank note,
Treasury bill, or London county bill;

(ii)Revenue paper;

(b)Makes, uses, or knowingly has in his custody or possession, any frame,
mould, or instrument for making such paper, or for producing in or on such
paper any words, figures, letters, marks, lines, or devices peculiar to and
used in or on any such paper;

(c)Engraves or in anywise makes upon any plate, wood, stone, or other
material, any words, figures, letters, marks, lines, or devices, the print
whereof resembles in whole or in part any words, figures, letters, marks,
lines, or devices peculiar to and used in or on any bank note, or in or on any
document entitling or evidencing the title of any person to any share or
interest in any public stock, annuity, fund, or debt of any part of His
Majesty's dominions or of any foreign state, or in any stock, annuity, fund,
or debt of any body corporate, company, or society, whether within or without
His Majesty's dominions;

(d)Uses or knowingly has in his custody or possession any plate, wood, stone,
or other material, upon which any such words, figures, letters, marks, lines,
or devices have been engraved or in anywise made as aforesaid;

(e)Uses or knowingly has in his custody or possession any paper upon which any
such words, figures, letters, marks, lines, or devices have been printed or in
anywise made as aforesaid.


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