COINAGE OFFENCES ORDINANCE, 1865
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COINAGE OFFENCES ORDINANCE, 1865
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ORDINANCE No. 7 OF 1865.
Coinage Offences Ordinance, 1865.
AN ORDINANCE to consolidate and amend the Laws against
Offences relating to the Coin.
[20th October,1865.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the
Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1.This Ordinance may be cited as the Coinage Offences Ordinance,
1865.
2.In this Ordinance unless the context otherwise requires,-
The expression 'The Queen's current gold or silver coin' includes
any gold or silver coin coined in any of Her Majesty's mints or law-
fully current, by virtue of any proclamation or otherwise,in any
part of Her Majesty's dominions, whether within this Colony or
otherwise:
The expression 'The Queen's copper coin' includes any copper coin
and any coin of bronze or mixed metal coined in any of Her Majesty's
mints or lawfully current, by virtue of any proclamation or other-
wise, in any part of her Majesty's said dominions;
The expression 'false or counterfeit coin resembling, or apparently intended to resemble or pass for,any of the Queen's current gold
or silver coin' includes any of the current coin which has been
gilt,silvered,washed,coloured,or cased over,or in any manner
altered,so as to resemble,or be apparently intended to resemble or
pass for,any of the Queen's current coin of a higher denomination;
The expression 'Queen's current coin' includes any coin coined
in any of Her Majesty 's mints or lawfully current,by virtue of
any proclamation or otherwise,in any part of Her Majesty's said
dominions,and whether made of gold,silver,copper,bronze,or
mized metal;
Where the having any matter in the custody or possession of any
person is mentioned in this Ordinance,it includes not only the
having of it by himself in his personal custody or possession,but
also the knowingly and wilfully having it in the actual custody or
possession of any other person,and also the knowingly and wilfully
having it in any dwelling house or other building,lodging,apart-
ment,field,or other place ,open or enclosed,whether belonging to
or occupied by himself or not,and whether such matter is so had
for his own use or benefit or for that of any other person.
Offences relating to the Queen's Gold and Silver Coin.
3.Every person who falsely makes or counterfeits any coin resem-
bling,or apparently intended to resemble or pass for,any of the Queen's
current gold or silver coin shall be guilty of felony,and,being convicted
thereof,shall be liable,at the discretion of the Court,to imprisonment
with hard labour for life or for any term not less than three years or to
imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years,with or without
hard labour and with or without solitary comfinement.
4.Every person who-
(1.)gilds or silvers,or,with any wash or materials capable of pro-
ducing the colour or appearance of gold or of silver or by any
means whatsoever,washes,cases over,or colours,any coin whatso-
ever resembling,or apparently intended to resemble or pass for,
and of the Queen's current gold or silver coin;or
(2.)gilds or silvers,or,with any wash or materials capable of pro-
ducing the colour or appearance of gold or of silver or by any
means whatsoever,washes,cases over,or colours,any piece of silver
or copper,or of coarse gold or coarse silver,or of any metal or
mixture of metals respectively,being of a fit size and figure to be
coined,and with intent that the same shall be coined,into false and
counterfeit coin resembling,or apparently intended to resemble or
pass for,any of the Queen's current gold or silver coin;or
(3.)gilds,or with any wash or materials capable of producing the
colour or appearance of gold or by any means whatsoever,washes,
cases over,or colours,any of the Queen's current silver coin,or
files or in any manner alters such coin,with intent to make the
same resemble or pass for any of the Queen's current gold coin;or
(4.)gilds or silvers,or,with any wash or materials capable of pro-
ducing the colour or appearance of gold or of silver or by any
means whatsoever,washes,cases over,or colours,any of the Queen's
current coper coin,or files or in any manner alters such coin,
with intent to make the same resemble or pass for any of the
Queen's current gold or silver coin,
shall be guilty of felony,and,being convicted thereof,shall be liable,at
the discretion of the Court,to imprisonment with hard labour for life or
for any term not less than three years or to imprisonment for any term
not exceeding two years,with or without hard labour and with or with-
out solitary confinement.
5.Every person who,without lawful authority or excuse (the proof
whereof shall lie on such person),buys,sells,receives,pays,or puts off,
or offers to buy,sell,receive,pay,or put off,any false or counterfeit coin
resembling,or apparently intended to resemble or pass for,any of the
Queen's current gold or silver coin,at of for a lower rate or value than
the same imports or was apparently intended to import,shall be guilty
of felony,and,being convicted thereof,shall be liable,at the discretion
of the Court,to imprisonment with hard labour for life or for any term
not less than three years or to imprisonment for any term not exceed-
ing two years,with or without hard labour and with or without solitary
confinement.
6.Every person who,without lawful authority or excuse(the proof
whereof shall lie on such person),imports or receives into this Colony
from beyond the seas,or from the mainland of China,any false or coun-
terfeit coin resembling,or apparently intended to resemble or pass for,
any of the Queen's current gold or silver coin,knowing the same to be
false or counterfeit,shall be guilty of felony,and,being convicted there-
of,shall be liable,at the discretion of the Court,to imprisonment with
hard labour for life or for any term not less than three years or to im-
prisonment for any term not exceeding two years,with or without hard
labour and with or without solitary confinement.
7.Every person who,without lawful authority or excuse (the proof
whereof shall lie on such person),exports or puts on board any ship,
vessel,or boat,for the purpose of being exported from this Colony,
any false or counterfeit coin resembling,or apparently intended to re-
semble or pass for,any of the Queen's current coin,knowing the same
to be false or counterfeit,shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,and,being convicted thereof,shall be liable,at the discretion of the Court,to im-
prisonment for any term not exceeding two years,with or without hard
labour and with or without solitary confinement.
8.Every person who tenders,utters,or puts off any false or counter-
feit coin resembling,or apparently intended to resemble or pass for,any
of the Queen's current gold or silver coin,knowing the same to be false
or counterfeit,shall be guilty of a misdemean,and,being convicted
thereof,shall be liable,at the discretion of the Court,to imprisonment
for any term not exceeding one year,with or without hard labour and
with or without soliatary confinement.
9.Every person who tenders,utters,or puts off any false or counter-
feit coin resembling,or apparentlty intended to resemble or pass for,any
of the Queen's current gold or silver coin,knowing the same to be false
or counterfeit,and,at the time of such tendering,uttering,or putting
off,has in his custody or possession,besides the false or counterfeit coin
so tendered,uttered,or put off,any other piece of false or counterfeit
coin resembling,or apparently intended to resemble or pass for,any of the
Queen's current gold or silver coin,knowing the same to be false or
counterfeit,shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,and,being convicted
thereof,shall be liable,at the discretion of the Court,to imprisonment
for any term not exceeding two years,with or without hard labour and
with or without solitary confinement.
10.Every person who has in his custody or possession three or more
pieces of false or counterfeit coin resembling,or apparently intended to
resemble or pass for,any of the Queen's current gold or silver coin,
knowing the same to be false or counterfeit,and with intent to utter or
put off the same or any of them,shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,and,
being convicted thereof,shall be liable,at the discretion of the Court,to
imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years,with or without hard
labour and with or without solitary confinement.
11.Every person who,having been convicted,either before or after
the commencement of this Ordinance,of any such misdemeanor as is
mentioned in any of the last three preceding sections or of any felony
against this Ordinance or any former enactment in force in this Colony
relating to the coin,afterwards commits any of the misdemeanors men-
tioned in any of the said sections shall be guilty of felony,and,being
convicted thereof,shall be liable,at the discretion of the Court,to im-
prisonment with hard labour for life or for any term not less than three
years or to imprisonment for nay term not exceeding two years, with
or without hard labour and with or without solitary confinement.
12. Every person who, with intent to defraud, tenders, utters, or puts
off as or for any of the Queeen's current gold or silver coin any coin not
being such current gold or silver coin, or any medal or piece of metal
or mixed metals, resembling in size, figure, and colour the current coin
as or for which the same is so tendered, uttered, or put off, such coin,
medal, or piece of metal or mixed metals so tendered, uttered, or put off
begin of less value than the current coin as or for which the same is so
tendered, uttered, or put off, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
being covicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to
imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year, with or without
hard labour and with or without solitary confinement.
Offences relating to the Queen's Copper Coin.
13. Every person who
(1.) falsely makes or counterfeits any coin resembling, or apparently
intended to resemble or pass for, any of the Queen's current cop-
per coin; or,
(2.) without lawful authority or excuse (the proof whereof shall lie on
such person), knowingly makes or mends, or begins or proceeds
to make or mend, or buys or sells, or has in his custody or posses-
sion any instrument, tool, or engine adapted and intended for the
counterfeiting any of the Queen's current copper coin; or
(3.) buys, sells, receives, pays, or puts off, or offers to buy, sell,
receive, pay, or put off, any false or counterfeit coin resembling,
or apparently intended to resemble or pass for, any of the Queen's
current copper coin, at or for a lower rate or value than the same
imports or was apparently intended to import,
shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at
the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for any
term not exceeding seven years and not less than three years or to
imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without
hard labour and with or without solitary confinement.
14. Every person who-
(1.) tenders, utters, or puts off any false or counterfeit coin resem-
bling, or apparently intended to resemble or pass for, any of the
Queen's current copper coin, knowing the same to be false or
counterfeit; or
(2.) has in his custody or possession three or more pieces of false or
counterfeit coin resembling, or apparently intended to resemble or
pass for, any of the Queen's current copper coin, knowing the
same to be false or counterfeit, and with intent to utter or put off
the same or any of them,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be
liable, at the discretion of the Court to imprisonment for any term not
exceeding one year, with or without hard labour and with or without
solitary confinement.
Offences relating to Foreign Coin.
15. Every person who makes or counterfeits any kind of coin, not
being the Queen's current gold or silver coin, but resembling, or appar-
ently intended to resemble or pass for, any gold or silver coin of any
foreign prince, state, or country, shall be guilty of felony, and, being
convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to
imprisonment with hard labour for any term not exceeding seven years
and not less than threee years or to imprisonment for nay term not
exceeding two years, with or without hard labour and with or without
solitary confinement.
16. Every person who, wihtout lawful authority or excuse(the proof
whereof shall lie on such person), brings or receives into this Colony
any such false or counterfeit coin resembling, or apparently intended to
resemble or pass for, any gold or silver coin of any foreign prince,
state, or country, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, shall be
guitly of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the dis-
cretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for any term
not exceeding seven years and not less than threee years or to impri-
sonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard
labour and with or without solitary confinement.
17. Every person who tenders, utters, or puts off any such false or
counterfeit coin resembling, or apparently intended to resembel or pass
for, any gold or silver coin of any foreign prince, state, or country,
knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of
the Court, to imprisonmetn for any term not exceeding six months, with
or without hard labour.
18.-(1.) Every person who, having been so convicted as is men-
tioned in the last preceding section, afterwards commits the like offence
of tendering, uttering, or putting off any such false or counterfeit coin
as aforesaid, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the
discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding
two years, with or without hard labour and with or without solitary
confinement.
(2.) Every person who, having been so convicted of a second offence,
afterwards commits the like offence of tendering, uttering, or putting
off any such false or counterfeit coin as aforesaid, knowing the same to
be fasle or counterfeit, shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted
thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment
with hard labour for life or for any term not less than three years or to
imprisonment for nay term not exceeding two years, with or without
hard labour and with or without solitary confinement.
19. Every person who falsely makes or counterfeits any knid of coin,
not being the Queen's current coin, but resembling, or apparently in-
tended to resemble or pass for, any copper coin or any other coin made
of any metal or mixed metals of less value than the silver coin of any
foreign prince, state, or country, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court,
for the first offence to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one
year and for the second offence to imprisonment with hard labour for
any term not exceeding seven years and not less than tree years or
to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or with-
out hard labour and with or without solitary confinement.
20.-(1.) Every person who, without lawful authority or excuse
(the proof whereof shall lie on such person), has in his custody or pos-
session any greater number of pieces than five pieces of false or coun0
terfeit coin resembling, or apparently intended to resembel or pass for,
any gold or silver coin of any foregin prince, state, or country, or any
such copper or other coin as is mentioned in the last preceding section,
shall, on coviction thereof before a Police Magistrate, forfeit and lose
asll such false and counterfeit coin, which shall be cut in pieces and
destroyed by order of the Magistrate, and shall for every such offence
forfeit and pay any sum of money not exceeding ten dollars and not
less than three dollars for every such piece of false and counterfeit coin
which is found in the custody or possession of such person, one moiety
to the informer and the other moiety to the funds of the Colony.
(2.) In case any such penalty is not forthwith paid, it shall be lawful
for any such Magistrate to commit the person who has been adjudged
to pay the same to the common gaol, under and in accordance with the
provisions of any Ordinance for the time being in force relating to Ma-
gistrates and the practice and procedure before them in respect of
offences punishable on summary conviction.
Miscellaneous Offences relating to Coin.
21. Every person who, without lawful authority or excuse (the proof Making,
whereof shall lie on such person),-
(1.) knowingly makes or mends, or begins or proceeds to make or
mend, or buys or sells, or has in his custody or possession any pun-
cheon, counter puncheon, matrix, stamp, die pattern, or mould,
in or upon which there is or are made or impressed, or which will
make or impress, or which is adapted and intended to make or
impress the figure, stamp, or apparent resemblance of both or
either of the sides of any of the Queen's current gold or silver
coin, or of any coin of any foreign prince, state, or country, or
any part or parts of both or either of such sides; or
(2.) makes or mends, or begins or proceeds to make or mend, or buys
or sells, or has in his custody or possession any edger, edging or
other tool, collar, instrument, or engine adapted and intended for
the marking of coin round the edges with letters, grainings, or
other marks or figures apparently resembling those on the edges of
any such coin as in this section aforesaid, knowing the same to be
so adapted and intended as aforesaid; or
(3.) makes or mends, or begins or proceeds to make or mend, or
buys or sells, or has in his custody or possession any press for
coinage, or any cutting engine for cutting, by force of a screw or
of any other contrivance, round blanks out of gold, silver, or other
metal or mixture of metals, or any other machine, knowing such
press to be a press for coinage or knowing such engine or machine
to have been used or to be intended to be used for or in order to
the false making or counterfeiting of any such coin as in this sec-
tion aforsaid.
shall be guitly of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at
the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for life or
for any term not less than three years or to imprisonment for any term
not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour and with or with-
out solitary confinement.
22. Every person who, without lawful authority or excuse(the proof
whereof shall lie on such person), knowingly conveys out of the mint any
pucheon, counter-puncheon, matrix, stamp, die, pattern, mould, edger,
edging or other tool, collar, instrument, press, or engine used or employed
in or about the coining of coiin, or any useful part of any of the several
matters aforesaid, or any coin, bullion, metal, or mixture of metals shall
be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the
discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for life or for
any term not less than three years or to imprisonment for any term not
exceeding two years, with or without hard labour and with or without
solitary confinement.
Supplemental Provisions.
23. Where, on the trial of any person chargfed with any offence
against this Ordinance, it is necessary to prove that any coin produced
in evidence against such person is false or counterfeit, it shall not be
necessary to prove the same to be false and counterfeit by the evidence
of any moneyer or other officer of the mint, but it shall be sufficient to
prove the same to be false or counterfeit by the evidence of any other
credible witness.
24. Every offence of falsely making or counterfeiting any coin, or of
buying, selling, receiving, paying, tendering, uttering, or putting off, or
of offering to buy, sell, receive, pay utter, or put off any false or
counterfeit coin, against the provisions of this Ordinance, shall be deemed
to be complete, although the coin so made or counterfeited, or bought,
sold, received, paid, tendered, uttered, or put off, or offered to be bought,
sold, received, paid, uttered, or put off, may not be in a fit state to be
uttered or the counterfeiting thereof may not be finished or perfected.
25.-(1.) Whenever it appears to any Justice of the Peace, upon the
oath of any person, that there is reasonable cause to suspect that any
person has been concerned in counterfeiting the Queen's current gold,
silver, or copper coin or any such foreign or other coin as is mentioned
in this Ordinance, or has in his custody or possession or under his control,
in any building, vessel, or place, any such false or counterfeit coin, or
any instrument, tool, or engine whatsoever adapted and intended for the
making or counterfeiting of any such coin, or any other machine used
or intended to be used for making or counterfeiting any such coin, such
Justice of the Peace may, by his warrant directed to any Police officer,
empower such officer, by day or by night,-
(a.) to enter, and, if necessary, to break into, such building, vessel,
or place, and therein to search for and seize any such fasle or
counterfeit coin and any such instrument, too, or engine, and
any such machine as aforesaid; and
(b.) to arrest every person, being in such building, vessel, or place,
who appears to have such coin, instrument, tool, engine, or ma-
chine in his custody or possession or under his control, and to
bring every such person before a Magistrate to be dealt with
according to law.
(2.) All such false and counterfeit coin, and all instruments, tools, and
engines adapted and intended for the making or counterfeiting of coin,
and all such machines as aforesaid shall, after they have been so seized,
be carried before a Magistrate, and such Magistrate shall have power,
whether any person is charged with or convicted of any offence or not,
to order the forfeiture of such coin, instrumnets, tools, engines, and ma-
chines as aforesaid and the delivery of the same either to the Colonial
Treasurer or to any person authoirzed by him in writing to receive the
same.
26. It shall be lawful for any person whomsoever to apprehend any
person who may be found committing any indietable offence against this
Ordinance, and to convey or deliver him to some constable or offer of
Police, in order to his being conveyed as soon as reasonably may be
before a Police Magistrate or soe other proper officer, to be dealt with
according to law.
27.-(1.) Every action or prosecution to be commenced against any
person for anything done in pursuance of this Ordinance shall be com-
menced within six months after the fact committed, and not otherwise.
(2.) Notice in writing of such action and of the cause thereof shall
be given to the defendant one month at least before th commencement
of he action.
(3.) In any such action the defendant may plead the general issue,
and give this Ordinance and the special matter in evidence at any trial
to be had thereupon.
(4.) No plaintiff shall recover in any such action if tender of suffi-
eient amends has been made before such action brought, or if a sufficient
sum of money has been paid into Court after such action brought, by
or on behalf of the defendant.
(5.) If a verdict passes for the defendant, or the plaintiff becomes
nonsuit or discontinues any such actiuon after issue joined, or if, on
demurrer or otherwise, judgment is given against the plaintiff, the
defendant shall recover his full costs as between solicitor and client,
and have the like remedy for the same as any defendant has by law in
other cases; and though a verdict is given for the plaintiff in any such
action, the plaintiff shall not have costs against the defendant unless the
Judge before whom the trial is had certifies his approbation of the action.
28.-(1.) In the case of any felony punishable under this Ordi-
nance, every principal in the second degree, and every accessory before
the fact, shall be punishable in the same manner as the principal in the
first degree is by this Ordinance punishable.
(2.) Every accessory after the fact to any felony punishable under
this Ordinance shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceed-
ing tow years, with or without hard labour.
29. Where any person, having been convicted of any offence against
this Ordinance or against any former enactment in force in this Colony
relating to the coin, is afterwards indicted for anhy offence against this Ordinance committed subsequent to such conviction, and on his trial for
such subsequent offence gives evidence of his good character, it shall be
lawful for the Attorney General, in answer thereto, to give evidence of
the conviction of such person for the previous offence of offences, before
any verdict is returned, and the jury shall inquire concerning such pre-
vious conviction or convictions at the same time that they inquire con-
cerning such subsequent offence.
30. Whenever imprisonment, with or without hard labour, may be
awarded for any indictable offence under this Ordinance, the Court may
sentence the offender to be imprisoned or to be imprisoned an kept to
hard labour, and in either case the sentence shall be carried out in
accordance with the provisions of any Ordinacne for the time being in
force relating to prisons.
31. Whenever solitary confinement may be awarded for any offence
under this Ordinance, the Court may direct the offender to be kept in
solitary confinement for any portion or portions of his imprisonment or
of his imprisonment with hard labour, not exceeding one month at any
one time and not exceeding three months in any one year.
32.-(1.) Whenever any person is convicted of any indictable ims-
demeanor punishable under this Ordinance, the Court may, if it thinks
fit, in addition to or in lieu of any of the punishements authorized by this
Ordinance, fine the offender, and require him to enter into his own
recognizances and to find sureties, bothy or either, for keeping the peace
and being of good behaviour.
(2.) In the case of any felony punishable under this Ordinance, the
Court may, if it thinks fit, require the offender to enter into his own
recognizances and to find sureties, both or either, for keeping the peace,
in addtiion to any punishement authorized by this Ordinance: Provided
that no person shall be imprisoned under this section for not finding
sureties for any period exceeding one year.
33. Every offence made punishable on summary conviction by this
Ordinance may be prosecutted, tried, and dtermined in the manner
directed by any Ordinance for the time being in force relating to Ma-
gistrates and the practice and procedure before them in respect of
offenceds punishable on summary conviction.
A.D. 1865. Ordinance No. 10 of 1865 with Ordinance No. 10 of 1896 incorporated. Short title. Interpretation of terms. 24 & 24 Vict.c. 99 s. 1. Counterfeiting Queen's gold or silver coin. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 2. Colouring counterfeit coin or metal with intent to make it pass for Queen's gold or silver coin. Ib.s.3. Buying, etc., counterfeit Queen's gold or silver coin for less than its denomination. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 6. Importing counterfeit Queen's gold or silver coin. Ib.s.7. Exporting counterfeit Queen's coin. Ib.s.8. Uttering counterfeit Queen's gold or silver coin. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 9. Uttering counterfeit Queen's gold or silver coin, with circumstances of aggravation. Ib.s.10. Knowingly having three or more pieces of counterfeit Queen's gold or silver coin, with intent to utter the same. Ib.s.11. Second offence of uttering, etc., after previous conviction. Ib.s.12. Uttering false coin, medal, etc., as Queen's gold or silver coin, with intent to defraud. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 13. Counterfeiting Queen's copper coin, etc. Ib.s.14. Uttering, etc., counterfeit Queen's copper coin. Ib.s.15. Counterfeiting foreign gold or silver coin. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 18. Importing counterfeit foreign gold or silver coin. Ib.s.19. Uttering counterfeit foreign gold or silver coin. Ib.s.20 Uttering countering foreign gold or silver coin, after previous conviction. Ib.s.21. Counterfeiting foreign coin, other than gold or silver coin. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 22. Having possession of more than five pieces of counterfeit foreign coin. Ib.s.23. See Ordinance No. 3 of 1890. Making, mending, or having possession of coining tool. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 24. Conveying tool or coin out of mint without authority. Ib.s.25. Proof of coin being counterfeit. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 29. When counterfeiting, etc., to be deemed complete. Ib.s.30. Power to issue search warrant for counterfeit coin or instruments for coining, and proceedings thereon. Power to apprehend offender against the Ordinance. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 31. Protection of person acting under the Ordinance. Ib.s.33. Punishment of principals in second degree and accessories. Ib.s.35. Trial for second or subsequent offence. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 37. Punishment of hard labour. Ib.s.39. See Ordinance No. 4 of 1899. Punishment of solitary conlinement. Ib.s.40. Fine and sureties for keeping the peace. Ib.s.38. Procedure in cases of summary conviction. Ib.s.41. See Ordinance No. 3 of 1890.
Coinage Offences Ordinance, 1865.
AN ORDINANCE to consolidate and amend the Laws against
Offences relating to the Coin.
[20th October,1865.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the
Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1.This Ordinance may be cited as the Coinage Offences Ordinance,
1865.
2.In this Ordinance unless the context otherwise requires,-
The expression 'The Queen's current gold or silver coin' includes
any gold or silver coin coined in any of Her Majesty's mints or law-
fully current, by virtue of any proclamation or otherwise,in any
part of Her Majesty's dominions, whether within this Colony or
otherwise:
The expression 'The Queen's copper coin' includes any copper coin
and any coin of bronze or mixed metal coined in any of Her Majesty's
mints or lawfully current, by virtue of any proclamation or other-
wise, in any part of her Majesty's said dominions;
The expression 'false or counterfeit coin resembling, or apparently intended to resemble or pass for,any of the Queen's current gold
or silver coin' includes any of the current coin which has been
gilt,silvered,washed,coloured,or cased over,or in any manner
altered,so as to resemble,or be apparently intended to resemble or
pass for,any of the Queen's current coin of a higher denomination;
The expression 'Queen's current coin' includes any coin coined
in any of Her Majesty 's mints or lawfully current,by virtue of
any proclamation or otherwise,in any part of Her Majesty's said
dominions,and whether made of gold,silver,copper,bronze,or
mized metal;
Where the having any matter in the custody or possession of any
person is mentioned in this Ordinance,it includes not only the
having of it by himself in his personal custody or possession,but
also the knowingly and wilfully having it in the actual custody or
possession of any other person,and also the knowingly and wilfully
having it in any dwelling house or other building,lodging,apart-
ment,field,or other place ,open or enclosed,whether belonging to
or occupied by himself or not,and whether such matter is so had
for his own use or benefit or for that of any other person.
Offences relating to the Queen's Gold and Silver Coin.
3.Every person who falsely makes or counterfeits any coin resem-
bling,or apparently intended to resemble or pass for,any of the Queen's
current gold or silver coin shall be guilty of felony,and,being convicted
thereof,shall be liable,at the discretion of the Court,to imprisonment
with hard labour for life or for any term not less than three years or to
imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years,with or without
hard labour and with or without solitary comfinement.
4.Every person who-
(1.)gilds or silvers,or,with any wash or materials capable of pro-
ducing the colour or appearance of gold or of silver or by any
means whatsoever,washes,cases over,or colours,any coin whatso-
ever resembling,or apparently intended to resemble or pass for,
and of the Queen's current gold or silver coin;or
(2.)gilds or silvers,or,with any wash or materials capable of pro-
ducing the colour or appearance of gold or of silver or by any
means whatsoever,washes,cases over,or colours,any piece of silver
or copper,or of coarse gold or coarse silver,or of any metal or
mixture of metals respectively,being of a fit size and figure to be
coined,and with intent that the same shall be coined,into false and
counterfeit coin resembling,or apparently intended to resemble or
pass for,any of the Queen's current gold or silver coin;or
(3.)gilds,or with any wash or materials capable of producing the
colour or appearance of gold or by any means whatsoever,washes,
cases over,or colours,any of the Queen's current silver coin,or
files or in any manner alters such coin,with intent to make the
same resemble or pass for any of the Queen's current gold coin;or
(4.)gilds or silvers,or,with any wash or materials capable of pro-
ducing the colour or appearance of gold or of silver or by any
means whatsoever,washes,cases over,or colours,any of the Queen's
current coper coin,or files or in any manner alters such coin,
with intent to make the same resemble or pass for any of the
Queen's current gold or silver coin,
shall be guilty of felony,and,being convicted thereof,shall be liable,at
the discretion of the Court,to imprisonment with hard labour for life or
for any term not less than three years or to imprisonment for any term
not exceeding two years,with or without hard labour and with or with-
out solitary confinement.
5.Every person who,without lawful authority or excuse (the proof
whereof shall lie on such person),buys,sells,receives,pays,or puts off,
or offers to buy,sell,receive,pay,or put off,any false or counterfeit coin
resembling,or apparently intended to resemble or pass for,any of the
Queen's current gold or silver coin,at of for a lower rate or value than
the same imports or was apparently intended to import,shall be guilty
of felony,and,being convicted thereof,shall be liable,at the discretion
of the Court,to imprisonment with hard labour for life or for any term
not less than three years or to imprisonment for any term not exceed-
ing two years,with or without hard labour and with or without solitary
confinement.
6.Every person who,without lawful authority or excuse(the proof
whereof shall lie on such person),imports or receives into this Colony
from beyond the seas,or from the mainland of China,any false or coun-
terfeit coin resembling,or apparently intended to resemble or pass for,
any of the Queen's current gold or silver coin,knowing the same to be
false or counterfeit,shall be guilty of felony,and,being convicted there-
of,shall be liable,at the discretion of the Court,to imprisonment with
hard labour for life or for any term not less than three years or to im-
prisonment for any term not exceeding two years,with or without hard
labour and with or without solitary confinement.
7.Every person who,without lawful authority or excuse (the proof
whereof shall lie on such person),exports or puts on board any ship,
vessel,or boat,for the purpose of being exported from this Colony,
any false or counterfeit coin resembling,or apparently intended to re-
semble or pass for,any of the Queen's current coin,knowing the same
to be false or counterfeit,shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,and,being convicted thereof,shall be liable,at the discretion of the Court,to im-
prisonment for any term not exceeding two years,with or without hard
labour and with or without solitary confinement.
8.Every person who tenders,utters,or puts off any false or counter-
feit coin resembling,or apparently intended to resemble or pass for,any
of the Queen's current gold or silver coin,knowing the same to be false
or counterfeit,shall be guilty of a misdemean,and,being convicted
thereof,shall be liable,at the discretion of the Court,to imprisonment
for any term not exceeding one year,with or without hard labour and
with or without soliatary confinement.
9.Every person who tenders,utters,or puts off any false or counter-
feit coin resembling,or apparentlty intended to resemble or pass for,any
of the Queen's current gold or silver coin,knowing the same to be false
or counterfeit,and,at the time of such tendering,uttering,or putting
off,has in his custody or possession,besides the false or counterfeit coin
so tendered,uttered,or put off,any other piece of false or counterfeit
coin resembling,or apparently intended to resemble or pass for,any of the
Queen's current gold or silver coin,knowing the same to be false or
counterfeit,shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,and,being convicted
thereof,shall be liable,at the discretion of the Court,to imprisonment
for any term not exceeding two years,with or without hard labour and
with or without solitary confinement.
10.Every person who has in his custody or possession three or more
pieces of false or counterfeit coin resembling,or apparently intended to
resemble or pass for,any of the Queen's current gold or silver coin,
knowing the same to be false or counterfeit,and with intent to utter or
put off the same or any of them,shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,and,
being convicted thereof,shall be liable,at the discretion of the Court,to
imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years,with or without hard
labour and with or without solitary confinement.
11.Every person who,having been convicted,either before or after
the commencement of this Ordinance,of any such misdemeanor as is
mentioned in any of the last three preceding sections or of any felony
against this Ordinance or any former enactment in force in this Colony
relating to the coin,afterwards commits any of the misdemeanors men-
tioned in any of the said sections shall be guilty of felony,and,being
convicted thereof,shall be liable,at the discretion of the Court,to im-
prisonment with hard labour for life or for any term not less than three
years or to imprisonment for nay term not exceeding two years, with
or without hard labour and with or without solitary confinement.
12. Every person who, with intent to defraud, tenders, utters, or puts
off as or for any of the Queeen's current gold or silver coin any coin not
being such current gold or silver coin, or any medal or piece of metal
or mixed metals, resembling in size, figure, and colour the current coin
as or for which the same is so tendered, uttered, or put off, such coin,
medal, or piece of metal or mixed metals so tendered, uttered, or put off
begin of less value than the current coin as or for which the same is so
tendered, uttered, or put off, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
being covicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to
imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year, with or without
hard labour and with or without solitary confinement.
Offences relating to the Queen's Copper Coin.
13. Every person who
(1.) falsely makes or counterfeits any coin resembling, or apparently
intended to resemble or pass for, any of the Queen's current cop-
per coin; or,
(2.) without lawful authority or excuse (the proof whereof shall lie on
such person), knowingly makes or mends, or begins or proceeds
to make or mend, or buys or sells, or has in his custody or posses-
sion any instrument, tool, or engine adapted and intended for the
counterfeiting any of the Queen's current copper coin; or
(3.) buys, sells, receives, pays, or puts off, or offers to buy, sell,
receive, pay, or put off, any false or counterfeit coin resembling,
or apparently intended to resemble or pass for, any of the Queen's
current copper coin, at or for a lower rate or value than the same
imports or was apparently intended to import,
shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at
the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for any
term not exceeding seven years and not less than three years or to
imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without
hard labour and with or without solitary confinement.
14. Every person who-
(1.) tenders, utters, or puts off any false or counterfeit coin resem-
bling, or apparently intended to resemble or pass for, any of the
Queen's current copper coin, knowing the same to be false or
counterfeit; or
(2.) has in his custody or possession three or more pieces of false or
counterfeit coin resembling, or apparently intended to resemble or
pass for, any of the Queen's current copper coin, knowing the
same to be false or counterfeit, and with intent to utter or put off
the same or any of them,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be
liable, at the discretion of the Court to imprisonment for any term not
exceeding one year, with or without hard labour and with or without
solitary confinement.
Offences relating to Foreign Coin.
15. Every person who makes or counterfeits any kind of coin, not
being the Queen's current gold or silver coin, but resembling, or appar-
ently intended to resemble or pass for, any gold or silver coin of any
foreign prince, state, or country, shall be guilty of felony, and, being
convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to
imprisonment with hard labour for any term not exceeding seven years
and not less than threee years or to imprisonment for nay term not
exceeding two years, with or without hard labour and with or without
solitary confinement.
16. Every person who, wihtout lawful authority or excuse(the proof
whereof shall lie on such person), brings or receives into this Colony
any such false or counterfeit coin resembling, or apparently intended to
resemble or pass for, any gold or silver coin of any foreign prince,
state, or country, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, shall be
guitly of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the dis-
cretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for any term
not exceeding seven years and not less than threee years or to impri-
sonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard
labour and with or without solitary confinement.
17. Every person who tenders, utters, or puts off any such false or
counterfeit coin resembling, or apparently intended to resembel or pass
for, any gold or silver coin of any foreign prince, state, or country,
knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of
the Court, to imprisonmetn for any term not exceeding six months, with
or without hard labour.
18.-(1.) Every person who, having been so convicted as is men-
tioned in the last preceding section, afterwards commits the like offence
of tendering, uttering, or putting off any such false or counterfeit coin
as aforesaid, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the
discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding
two years, with or without hard labour and with or without solitary
confinement.
(2.) Every person who, having been so convicted of a second offence,
afterwards commits the like offence of tendering, uttering, or putting
off any such false or counterfeit coin as aforesaid, knowing the same to
be fasle or counterfeit, shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted
thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment
with hard labour for life or for any term not less than three years or to
imprisonment for nay term not exceeding two years, with or without
hard labour and with or without solitary confinement.
19. Every person who falsely makes or counterfeits any knid of coin,
not being the Queen's current coin, but resembling, or apparently in-
tended to resemble or pass for, any copper coin or any other coin made
of any metal or mixed metals of less value than the silver coin of any
foreign prince, state, or country, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court,
for the first offence to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one
year and for the second offence to imprisonment with hard labour for
any term not exceeding seven years and not less than tree years or
to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or with-
out hard labour and with or without solitary confinement.
20.-(1.) Every person who, without lawful authority or excuse
(the proof whereof shall lie on such person), has in his custody or pos-
session any greater number of pieces than five pieces of false or coun0
terfeit coin resembling, or apparently intended to resembel or pass for,
any gold or silver coin of any foregin prince, state, or country, or any
such copper or other coin as is mentioned in the last preceding section,
shall, on coviction thereof before a Police Magistrate, forfeit and lose
asll such false and counterfeit coin, which shall be cut in pieces and
destroyed by order of the Magistrate, and shall for every such offence
forfeit and pay any sum of money not exceeding ten dollars and not
less than three dollars for every such piece of false and counterfeit coin
which is found in the custody or possession of such person, one moiety
to the informer and the other moiety to the funds of the Colony.
(2.) In case any such penalty is not forthwith paid, it shall be lawful
for any such Magistrate to commit the person who has been adjudged
to pay the same to the common gaol, under and in accordance with the
provisions of any Ordinance for the time being in force relating to Ma-
gistrates and the practice and procedure before them in respect of
offences punishable on summary conviction.
Miscellaneous Offences relating to Coin.
21. Every person who, without lawful authority or excuse (the proof Making,
whereof shall lie on such person),-
(1.) knowingly makes or mends, or begins or proceeds to make or
mend, or buys or sells, or has in his custody or possession any pun-
cheon, counter puncheon, matrix, stamp, die pattern, or mould,
in or upon which there is or are made or impressed, or which will
make or impress, or which is adapted and intended to make or
impress the figure, stamp, or apparent resemblance of both or
either of the sides of any of the Queen's current gold or silver
coin, or of any coin of any foreign prince, state, or country, or
any part or parts of both or either of such sides; or
(2.) makes or mends, or begins or proceeds to make or mend, or buys
or sells, or has in his custody or possession any edger, edging or
other tool, collar, instrument, or engine adapted and intended for
the marking of coin round the edges with letters, grainings, or
other marks or figures apparently resembling those on the edges of
any such coin as in this section aforesaid, knowing the same to be
so adapted and intended as aforesaid; or
(3.) makes or mends, or begins or proceeds to make or mend, or
buys or sells, or has in his custody or possession any press for
coinage, or any cutting engine for cutting, by force of a screw or
of any other contrivance, round blanks out of gold, silver, or other
metal or mixture of metals, or any other machine, knowing such
press to be a press for coinage or knowing such engine or machine
to have been used or to be intended to be used for or in order to
the false making or counterfeiting of any such coin as in this sec-
tion aforsaid.
shall be guitly of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at
the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for life or
for any term not less than three years or to imprisonment for any term
not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour and with or with-
out solitary confinement.
22. Every person who, without lawful authority or excuse(the proof
whereof shall lie on such person), knowingly conveys out of the mint any
pucheon, counter-puncheon, matrix, stamp, die, pattern, mould, edger,
edging or other tool, collar, instrument, press, or engine used or employed
in or about the coining of coiin, or any useful part of any of the several
matters aforesaid, or any coin, bullion, metal, or mixture of metals shall
be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the
discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for life or for
any term not less than three years or to imprisonment for any term not
exceeding two years, with or without hard labour and with or without
solitary confinement.
Supplemental Provisions.
23. Where, on the trial of any person chargfed with any offence
against this Ordinance, it is necessary to prove that any coin produced
in evidence against such person is false or counterfeit, it shall not be
necessary to prove the same to be false and counterfeit by the evidence
of any moneyer or other officer of the mint, but it shall be sufficient to
prove the same to be false or counterfeit by the evidence of any other
credible witness.
24. Every offence of falsely making or counterfeiting any coin, or of
buying, selling, receiving, paying, tendering, uttering, or putting off, or
of offering to buy, sell, receive, pay utter, or put off any false or
counterfeit coin, against the provisions of this Ordinance, shall be deemed
to be complete, although the coin so made or counterfeited, or bought,
sold, received, paid, tendered, uttered, or put off, or offered to be bought,
sold, received, paid, uttered, or put off, may not be in a fit state to be
uttered or the counterfeiting thereof may not be finished or perfected.
25.-(1.) Whenever it appears to any Justice of the Peace, upon the
oath of any person, that there is reasonable cause to suspect that any
person has been concerned in counterfeiting the Queen's current gold,
silver, or copper coin or any such foreign or other coin as is mentioned
in this Ordinance, or has in his custody or possession or under his control,
in any building, vessel, or place, any such false or counterfeit coin, or
any instrument, tool, or engine whatsoever adapted and intended for the
making or counterfeiting of any such coin, or any other machine used
or intended to be used for making or counterfeiting any such coin, such
Justice of the Peace may, by his warrant directed to any Police officer,
empower such officer, by day or by night,-
(a.) to enter, and, if necessary, to break into, such building, vessel,
or place, and therein to search for and seize any such fasle or
counterfeit coin and any such instrument, too, or engine, and
any such machine as aforesaid; and
(b.) to arrest every person, being in such building, vessel, or place,
who appears to have such coin, instrument, tool, engine, or ma-
chine in his custody or possession or under his control, and to
bring every such person before a Magistrate to be dealt with
according to law.
(2.) All such false and counterfeit coin, and all instruments, tools, and
engines adapted and intended for the making or counterfeiting of coin,
and all such machines as aforesaid shall, after they have been so seized,
be carried before a Magistrate, and such Magistrate shall have power,
whether any person is charged with or convicted of any offence or not,
to order the forfeiture of such coin, instrumnets, tools, engines, and ma-
chines as aforesaid and the delivery of the same either to the Colonial
Treasurer or to any person authoirzed by him in writing to receive the
same.
26. It shall be lawful for any person whomsoever to apprehend any
person who may be found committing any indietable offence against this
Ordinance, and to convey or deliver him to some constable or offer of
Police, in order to his being conveyed as soon as reasonably may be
before a Police Magistrate or soe other proper officer, to be dealt with
according to law.
27.-(1.) Every action or prosecution to be commenced against any
person for anything done in pursuance of this Ordinance shall be com-
menced within six months after the fact committed, and not otherwise.
(2.) Notice in writing of such action and of the cause thereof shall
be given to the defendant one month at least before th commencement
of he action.
(3.) In any such action the defendant may plead the general issue,
and give this Ordinance and the special matter in evidence at any trial
to be had thereupon.
(4.) No plaintiff shall recover in any such action if tender of suffi-
eient amends has been made before such action brought, or if a sufficient
sum of money has been paid into Court after such action brought, by
or on behalf of the defendant.
(5.) If a verdict passes for the defendant, or the plaintiff becomes
nonsuit or discontinues any such actiuon after issue joined, or if, on
demurrer or otherwise, judgment is given against the plaintiff, the
defendant shall recover his full costs as between solicitor and client,
and have the like remedy for the same as any defendant has by law in
other cases; and though a verdict is given for the plaintiff in any such
action, the plaintiff shall not have costs against the defendant unless the
Judge before whom the trial is had certifies his approbation of the action.
28.-(1.) In the case of any felony punishable under this Ordi-
nance, every principal in the second degree, and every accessory before
the fact, shall be punishable in the same manner as the principal in the
first degree is by this Ordinance punishable.
(2.) Every accessory after the fact to any felony punishable under
this Ordinance shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceed-
ing tow years, with or without hard labour.
29. Where any person, having been convicted of any offence against
this Ordinance or against any former enactment in force in this Colony
relating to the coin, is afterwards indicted for anhy offence against this Ordinance committed subsequent to such conviction, and on his trial for
such subsequent offence gives evidence of his good character, it shall be
lawful for the Attorney General, in answer thereto, to give evidence of
the conviction of such person for the previous offence of offences, before
any verdict is returned, and the jury shall inquire concerning such pre-
vious conviction or convictions at the same time that they inquire con-
cerning such subsequent offence.
30. Whenever imprisonment, with or without hard labour, may be
awarded for any indictable offence under this Ordinance, the Court may
sentence the offender to be imprisoned or to be imprisoned an kept to
hard labour, and in either case the sentence shall be carried out in
accordance with the provisions of any Ordinacne for the time being in
force relating to prisons.
31. Whenever solitary confinement may be awarded for any offence
under this Ordinance, the Court may direct the offender to be kept in
solitary confinement for any portion or portions of his imprisonment or
of his imprisonment with hard labour, not exceeding one month at any
one time and not exceeding three months in any one year.
32.-(1.) Whenever any person is convicted of any indictable ims-
demeanor punishable under this Ordinance, the Court may, if it thinks
fit, in addition to or in lieu of any of the punishements authorized by this
Ordinance, fine the offender, and require him to enter into his own
recognizances and to find sureties, bothy or either, for keeping the peace
and being of good behaviour.
(2.) In the case of any felony punishable under this Ordinance, the
Court may, if it thinks fit, require the offender to enter into his own
recognizances and to find sureties, both or either, for keeping the peace,
in addtiion to any punishement authorized by this Ordinance: Provided
that no person shall be imprisoned under this section for not finding
sureties for any period exceeding one year.
33. Every offence made punishable on summary conviction by this
Ordinance may be prosecutted, tried, and dtermined in the manner
directed by any Ordinance for the time being in force relating to Ma-
gistrates and the practice and procedure before them in respect of
offenceds punishable on summary conviction.
A.D. 1865. Ordinance No. 10 of 1865 with Ordinance No. 10 of 1896 incorporated. Short title. Interpretation of terms. 24 & 24 Vict.c. 99 s. 1. Counterfeiting Queen's gold or silver coin. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 2. Colouring counterfeit coin or metal with intent to make it pass for Queen's gold or silver coin. Ib.s.3. Buying, etc., counterfeit Queen's gold or silver coin for less than its denomination. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 6. Importing counterfeit Queen's gold or silver coin. Ib.s.7. Exporting counterfeit Queen's coin. Ib.s.8. Uttering counterfeit Queen's gold or silver coin. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 9. Uttering counterfeit Queen's gold or silver coin, with circumstances of aggravation. Ib.s.10. Knowingly having three or more pieces of counterfeit Queen's gold or silver coin, with intent to utter the same. Ib.s.11. Second offence of uttering, etc., after previous conviction. Ib.s.12. Uttering false coin, medal, etc., as Queen's gold or silver coin, with intent to defraud. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 13. Counterfeiting Queen's copper coin, etc. Ib.s.14. Uttering, etc., counterfeit Queen's copper coin. Ib.s.15. Counterfeiting foreign gold or silver coin. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 18. Importing counterfeit foreign gold or silver coin. Ib.s.19. Uttering counterfeit foreign gold or silver coin. Ib.s.20 Uttering countering foreign gold or silver coin, after previous conviction. Ib.s.21. Counterfeiting foreign coin, other than gold or silver coin. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 22. Having possession of more than five pieces of counterfeit foreign coin. Ib.s.23. See Ordinance No. 3 of 1890. Making, mending, or having possession of coining tool. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 24. Conveying tool or coin out of mint without authority. Ib.s.25. Proof of coin being counterfeit. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 29. When counterfeiting, etc., to be deemed complete. Ib.s.30. Power to issue search warrant for counterfeit coin or instruments for coining, and proceedings thereon. Power to apprehend offender against the Ordinance. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 31. Protection of person acting under the Ordinance. Ib.s.33. Punishment of principals in second degree and accessories. Ib.s.35. Trial for second or subsequent offence. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 37. Punishment of hard labour. Ib.s.39. See Ordinance No. 4 of 1899. Punishment of solitary conlinement. Ib.s.40. Fine and sureties for keeping the peace. Ib.s.38. Procedure in cases of summary conviction. Ib.s.41. See Ordinance No. 3 of 1890.
Abstract
A.D. 1865. Ordinance No. 10 of 1865 with Ordinance No. 10 of 1896 incorporated. Short title. Interpretation of terms. 24 & 24 Vict.c. 99 s. 1. Counterfeiting Queen's gold or silver coin. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 2. Colouring counterfeit coin or metal with intent to make it pass for Queen's gold or silver coin. Ib.s.3. Buying, etc., counterfeit Queen's gold or silver coin for less than its denomination. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 6. Importing counterfeit Queen's gold or silver coin. Ib.s.7. Exporting counterfeit Queen's coin. Ib.s.8. Uttering counterfeit Queen's gold or silver coin. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 9. Uttering counterfeit Queen's gold or silver coin, with circumstances of aggravation. Ib.s.10. Knowingly having three or more pieces of counterfeit Queen's gold or silver coin, with intent to utter the same. Ib.s.11. Second offence of uttering, etc., after previous conviction. Ib.s.12. Uttering false coin, medal, etc., as Queen's gold or silver coin, with intent to defraud. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 13. Counterfeiting Queen's copper coin, etc. Ib.s.14. Uttering, etc., counterfeit Queen's copper coin. Ib.s.15. Counterfeiting foreign gold or silver coin. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 18. Importing counterfeit foreign gold or silver coin. Ib.s.19. Uttering counterfeit foreign gold or silver coin. Ib.s.20 Uttering countering foreign gold or silver coin, after previous conviction. Ib.s.21. Counterfeiting foreign coin, other than gold or silver coin. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 22. Having possession of more than five pieces of counterfeit foreign coin. Ib.s.23. See Ordinance No. 3 of 1890. Making, mending, or having possession of coining tool. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 24. Conveying tool or coin out of mint without authority. Ib.s.25. Proof of coin being counterfeit. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 29. When counterfeiting, etc., to be deemed complete. Ib.s.30. Power to issue search warrant for counterfeit coin or instruments for coining, and proceedings thereon. Power to apprehend offender against the Ordinance. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 31. Protection of person acting under the Ordinance. Ib.s.33. Punishment of principals in second degree and accessories. Ib.s.35. Trial for second or subsequent offence. 24 & 25 Vict.c. 99 s. 37. Punishment of hard labour. Ib.s.39. See Ordinance No. 4 of 1899. Punishment of solitary conlinement. Ib.s.40. Fine and sureties for keeping the peace. Ib.s.38. Procedure in cases of summary conviction. Ib.s.41. See Ordinance No. 3 of 1890.
Identifier
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Edition
1901
Volume
v1
Subsequent Cap No.
200
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 7 of 1865
Number of Pages
11
Files
Collection
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Citation
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