FORGERY ACT 1913 - SECT 5 Forgery of seals and dies.

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FORGERY ACT 1913 - SECT 5

Forgery of seals and dies.

5.(1) Forgery of the following seals, if committed with intent to defraud or
deceive, shall be felony and punishable with penal servitude for life:

(a)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 or the Privy Seal of Ireland;

(b)The seal of the Public Record Office in England;

(c)The seal of any court of record;

(d)The seal of the office of the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and
Marriages.

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

(a)The seal of any register office relating to births, baptisms, marriages, or
deaths;

(b)The seal of any burial board or of any local authority performing the
duties of a burial board;

(c)The seal of or belonging to any office for the registry of deeds or titles
to lands.

(3) Forgery of the following seals, if committed with intent to defraud or
deceive, shall be felony and punishable with penal servitude for any term not
exceeding seven years:

(a)The seal of any court of justice other than a court of record;

(b)The seal of the office of any master or registrar in lunacy.

(4) Forgery of the following dies, if committed with intent to defraud or
deceive, shall be felony and punishable with penal servitude for any term not
exceeding fourteen years:

(a)Any die provided, made, or used by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue or
the Commissioners of Customs and Excise;

Para.(b) rep. by 1973 c.43 s.23 sch.7 Pt.I

Subs.(5) spent

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FORGERY ACT 1913 - SECT 5