BANKERS CHEQUES - FALSE PRETENCE ORDINANCE
Title
BANKERS CHEQUES - FALSE PRETENCE ORDINANCE
Description
ORDINANCE No. 4 of 1860.
Bankers Cheques -- False Pretence.
An Ordinance to amend the Law relating to Cheques or. Drafts on Bankers,
and to amend the Law of False Pretences.
[16th April, 1860.]
BE it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of HongkoDg,
with the
advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. That so much of Ordinance No. 3 of 1857 as extends to this Colony the
ActRonenlofporttou
of0rdinance To.
19th and 24th Victoria, Cap. 25, entitled 'An Act to amend the Law
relating to oioflt867.
Drafts on Bankers,' is hereby repealed.
Q. If, any person shall obliterate, add to, or alter any crossing upon
any banker's
cheque or draft with intent to defraud, or offer, utter, dispose of, or
put off with intent
to defraud, any cheque or draft on a banker, whereon such fraudulent
obliteration,
addition, or alteration has been made, knowing it to have been so made,
such person
shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof, sball be liable
to penal servitude
for life, or to such other punishment as is provided for those guilty of
forgery of bills
of exchange.
$. If any person shall by any false pretence obtain the signature of any
other
person to any bill of exchange, promissory note, or any valuable
security, with intent
to, cheat or defraud, every such offender shall be gulf, of a
misdemeanour, and being
convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be
sentenced to
penal servitude for the term of four years, or to suffer such other
punishment by fine or
imprisonment, or by both, as the Court shall award.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 11 of 186J.]
433
Repeal of portion of Ordinance No. 3 of 1857.
Persons obliterating, &c. crossing with intent to defraud, guilty of felony.
Any person obtaining a signature to a bill of exchange, &c. by false pretences, guilty of misdemeanour.
Bankers Cheques -- False Pretence.
An Ordinance to amend the Law relating to Cheques or. Drafts on Bankers,
and to amend the Law of False Pretences.
[16th April, 1860.]
BE it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of HongkoDg,
with the
advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. That so much of Ordinance No. 3 of 1857 as extends to this Colony the
ActRonenlofporttou
of0rdinance To.
19th and 24th Victoria, Cap. 25, entitled 'An Act to amend the Law
relating to oioflt867.
Drafts on Bankers,' is hereby repealed.
Q. If, any person shall obliterate, add to, or alter any crossing upon
any banker's
cheque or draft with intent to defraud, or offer, utter, dispose of, or
put off with intent
to defraud, any cheque or draft on a banker, whereon such fraudulent
obliteration,
addition, or alteration has been made, knowing it to have been so made,
such person
shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof, sball be liable
to penal servitude
for life, or to such other punishment as is provided for those guilty of
forgery of bills
of exchange.
$. If any person shall by any false pretence obtain the signature of any
other
person to any bill of exchange, promissory note, or any valuable
security, with intent
to, cheat or defraud, every such offender shall be gulf, of a
misdemeanour, and being
convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be
sentenced to
penal servitude for the term of four years, or to suffer such other
punishment by fine or
imprisonment, or by both, as the Court shall award.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 11 of 186J.]
433
Repeal of portion of Ordinance No. 3 of 1857.
Persons obliterating, &c. crossing with intent to defraud, guilty of felony.
Any person obtaining a signature to a bill of exchange, &c. by false pretences, guilty of misdemeanour.
Abstract
433
Repeal of portion of Ordinance No. 3 of 1857.
Persons obliterating, &c. crossing with intent to defraud, guilty of felony.
Any person obtaining a signature to a bill of exchange, &c. by false pretences, guilty of misdemeanour.
Repeal of portion of Ordinance No. 3 of 1857.
Persons obliterating, &c. crossing with intent to defraud, guilty of felony.
Any person obtaining a signature to a bill of exchange, &c. by false pretences, guilty of misdemeanour.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/144
Edition
1890
Volume
v1
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 4 of 1860
Number of Pages
1
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“BANKERS CHEQUES - FALSE PRETENCE ORDINANCE,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed January 21, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/144.
