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SEAMEN'S AND SOLDIERS' FALSE CHARACTERS ACT 1906 - SECT 1

1.(1) If any person forges the certificate of service or discharge of any
seaman or soldier, or any certificate purporting to be a certificate of
service or discharge of a seaman or soldier, or utters any such certificate
knowing it to be forged, or obtains or seeks to obtain any employment or other
advantage by means of any forged or counterfeit certificate of service or
discharge, or personates the holder of a certificate of service or discharge,
he shall on conviction under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts be liable in the
case of a first offence to imprisonment, ...., for a term not exceeding one
month, or to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, and in the case of a second
or subsequent offence to imprisonment, .... for a term not exceeding three
months.

(2) For the purposes of this section the expression "seaman" means a man who
has served in His Majesty's naval forces, and the expression "soldier" means a
man who has served in His Majesty's military or marine forces.

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