When the counterfeiting coin shall be complete. Any person may appre against this Act. any case be sufficient to prove such general resemblance to the lawful coin as will shew an intention that the counterfeit should pass for it. 32. 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 Act, 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, tendered, uttered or put off, was not in a fit state to be uttered, or the counterfeiting thereof was not finished or perfected. 33. It shall be lawful for any person whatsoever to apprehend hend offenders any person who is found committing any indictable offence against this Act, and to convey or deliver him to some peace officer, constable, or officer of police, in order to his being conveyed, as soon as reasonably may be, before a Justice of the Peace or some other proper officer, to be dealt with according to law. Fine and sure in what cases. 34. Whenever any person is convicted of any indictable misties for keep- demeanor punishable under this Act, the Court may, if it thinks ing the peace; fit, in addition to or in lieu of any of the punishments by this Act authorized, fine the offender and require him to enter into his own recognizances, and to find sureties, both or either, for keeping the peace and being of good behaviour; and in case of any felony punishable under this Act, 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 addition to any punishment by this Act authorized; Provided that no person shall be imprisoned under this section for not finding sureties, for any period exceeding one year. Proviso. Summary pro 35. Every offence hereby made punishable on summary conceedings, &c. viction or other summary proceedings under this Act, may be prosecuted in the manner directed by the Act of the present session respecting the duties of Justices of the Peace out of sessions, in relation to summary convictions and orders, or in such other manner as may be directed by any Act that may be passed for like purposes, so far as no provision is hereby made for any matter or thing which may be required to be done in course of such prosecution, and all provisions contained in the said Act shall be applicable to such prosecutions in the same manner as if they were incorporated in this Act. Imp. Act, 16, 17 V., c. 48, not to apply in Canada. 36. The Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed in the Session thereof, held in the sixteenth and seventeenth years of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled: An Act for the punishment of offences in the Colonies in relation to the Coin, and the the Act of the said Parliament therein cited and amended, shall not apply to or be in force in Canada, after this Act takes effect. 37. This Act shall commence and take effect on the first day Commenceof January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy. W CAP. XIX. An Act respecting Forgery. [Assented to 22nd June, 1869.] ment of Act. THEREAS it is expedient to assimilate, amend and consoli- Preamble. date the Statute Law of the several Provinces of Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, respecting indictable offences by Forgery, and to extend the same as so consolidated to all Canada: Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows; As to forging Her Majesty's Seal, &c. 1. Whosoever forges or counterfeits or utters knowing the same Forging the to be forged or counterfeited, the Great Seal of the United King- great seal, dom, or the Great Seal of the Dominion of Canada, or of any one privy seal, &c. of the late Provinces of Upper Canada, Lower Canada or Canada, or of any one of the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, or of any one of Her Majesty's Colonies or Possessions, Her Majesty's Privy Seal, any Privy Signet of Her Majesty, Her Majesty's Royal Sign Manual, or any of Her 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, or the Privy Seal or Seal at Arms of the Governor General of Canada, or of the Lieutenant-Governor of either of the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, or of any person who at any time administered the Government of any of the Provinces now constituting Canada, or of the Governor or Lieutenant-Governor of any one of Her Majesty's Colonies or Possessions, or forges or counterfeits the stamp or impression of any of the seals aforesaid, or utters any document or uttering or instrument whatsoever, having thereon, or affixed thereto the document with stamp or impression of any such forged or counterfeited seal, knowing the same to be the stamp or impression of such forged or counterfeited seal, or any forged or counterfeited stamp or impression made or apparently intended to resemble the stamp or impression of any of the seals aforesaid, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited, or forges, or alters, or utters, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any document or instrument having any of the said stamps or impressions thereon or affixed thereto, is forged seal. Forging er uttering any document bearing the forged signa ture of the Governor, guilty of felony, and shall be liable to be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for life or for any term not less than two years, or to be imprisoned in any other gaol or place of confinement for any term less than two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement. 2. Whosoever forges or fraudulently alters any document bearing or purporting to bear the signature of the Governor of Canada, or of any deputy of the Governor, or of the LieutenantGovernor of any one of the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, or of any person, who at any time, administered the Government of any of the Provinces now conGovernor, &c. stituting Canada, or offers, utters, disposes of or puts off, any such forged or fraudulently altered document as aforesaid, knowing the same to be so forged or altered, is guilty of felony, and shall be liable to be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for life or for any term not less than two years, or to be imprisoned in any other gaol or place of confinement for any term less than two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement. Forging or of Letters Patent, &c. 3. Whosoever forges or alters, or in any way publishes, puts altering copies off or utters as true, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any copy of letters patent, or of the enrolment or enregistration of letters patent, or of any certificate thereof made or given, or purporting to be made or given by virtue of any Statute of Canada, of any one of the late Provinces of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, or Canada, or of the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, is guilty of felony, and shall be liable to be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for any term not more than seven years, nor less than two years, or to be imprisoned in any other gaol or place of confinement for any term less than two years, with or without hard labour. Forging or altering any public Register, &c. Forging transfer of certain stock, &c., or power of attorney relating thereto. 4. Whosoever forges or counterfeits or alters, any public register or book, appointed by law to be made or kept, or any entry therein, or wilfully certifies or utters any writing as and for a true copy of such public register or book, or of any entry therein, knowing such writing to be counterfeit or false, is guilty of felony, and shall be liable to be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for any term not more than fourteen years, nor less than two years, or in any other gaol or place of confinement, for any terin less than two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement. As to forging transfers of stock, &c. 5. Whosoever forges or alters, or offers, utters, disposes of or puts off, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any transfer of any share or interest of or in any stock, annuity, or other public fund which now is or hereafter may be transferable in any of the Books of the Dominion of Canada, or of any one of the Provinces of Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, respectively, or of any Bank at which the same may be transferable, or of or in the the capital stock of any body corporate, company or society, which now is or hereafter may be established by charter, or by, under, or by virtue of any Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom or of any of the late Provinces of Upper Canada, Lower Canada or of Canada, or of the Dominion of Canada, or by any Act of the Legislature of either of the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, or forges or alters, or offers, utters, disposes of, or puts off, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any power of attorney or other authority to transfer any share or interest of or in any such stock, annuity, public fund, or capital stock, or any claim for a grant of land from the Crown in Canada, or for any scrip or other payment or allowance in lieu of any such grant of land, or to receive any dividend or money payable in respect of any such share or interest, or demands or endeavors to have any such share or interest transferred, or to receive any dividend or money payable in respect thereof, or any such grant of land or scrip or payment or allowance in lieu thereof as aforesaid, by virtue of any such forged or altered power of attorney or other authority, knowing the same to be forged or altered, with intent in any of the cases aforesaid to defraud, is guilty of felony, and shall be liable to be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for life or for any term not less than two years, or to be imprisoned in any other gaol or place of confinement for any term less than two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement. receiving, or transfer or receive the dividends. 6. Whosoever falsely and deceitfully personates any owner of Personating any share, or interest of or in any stock, annuity or other public the owner of certain stock, fund, which now is or hereafter may be transferable in any of the &c., and transBooks of the Dominion of Canada, or of any one of the Provinces ferring or of Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, or of any endeavoring Bank at which the same may be transferable, or any owner of to any share, or interest of or in the capital stock of any body corporate, company or society which now is or hereafter may be established by charter, or by, under, or by virtue of any Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, or of any of the late Provinces of Upper Canada, Lower Canada or Canada, or of the Dominion of Canada, or by any Act of the Legislature of any one of the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, or of any claim for a grant of land from the Crown in Canada, or for any scrip or other payment or allowance in lieu of such grant of land, or any owner of any dividend or money payable in respect of any such share or interest as aforesaid, and thereby transfers or endeavors to transfer any share or interest belonging to any such owner, or thereby receives or endeavors to receive any money due to any such owner, or to obtain any such grant of land, or such scrip or allowance in lieu thereof as aforesaid, as if such offender were the true and lawful owner, is guilty of felony, and shall be liable to be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for life or for any term not less than two years, or to be imprisoned in any other gaol or place of confinement for any term less than two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement. Forging attestation to power of attorney stock, &c. 7. Whosoever forges any name, hand-writing, or signature, purporting to be the name, hand-writing or signature of a witness for transfer of attesting the execution of any power of attorney or other authority to transfer any share or interest of or in any such stock, annuity, public fund, or capital stock, or grant of land or scrip or allowance in lieu thereof, as in either of the last two preceding sections mentioned, or to receive any dividend or money payable in respect of any such share or interest, or offers, utters, disposes of, or puts off any such power of attorney, or other authority, with any such forged name, hand-writing or signature thereon, knowing the same to be forged, is guilty of felony, and shall be liable to be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for any term not exceeding seven years and not less than two years, or to be imprisoned in any other gaol or place of confinement for any term less than two years with or without hard labour and with or without solitary confinement. Making false entries in the public funds. books of Or any frau dulent trans fer. Clerks making dend warrants, &c. 8. Whosoever wilfully makes any false entry in, or wilfully alters any word or figure in any of the books of the account kept by the Government of Canada, or of any one of the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, or of any Bank at which any of the books of account of the Government of Canada, or of either of the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia or New Brunswick are kept, in which books the accounts of the owners of any stock, annuities or other public funds, which now are or hereafter may be transferable in such books, are entered and kept, or in any manner wilfully falsifies any of the accounts of any of such owners in any of the said books, with intent in intent in any of the cases aforesaid to defraud, or wilfully makes any transfer of any share or interest of or in any stock, annuity or other public fund which now is or hereafter may be transferable as aforesaid, in the name of any person not being the true and lawful owner of such share or interest, with intent to defraud, is guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment in the Penitentiary for life, or for any term not less than two years, or to be imprisoned in any other gaol or place of confinement for any term less than two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement. 9. Whosoever being a clerk, officer or servant of, or other perout false divi- son employed or entrusted by the Government of Canada, or of any one of the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, or New Brunswick, or being a Clerk or officer or servant of, or other person employed or entrusted by any bank in which any of such books and accounts as are mentioned in the next preceding section, are kept, knowingly makes out, or delivers any dividend warrant, or warrant for payment of any annuity, interest or money payable as aforesaid, for a greater or less amount than the person on whose behalf such warrant is made out is entitled to, with intent to defraud, is guilty of felony, and shall be liable to be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for any term not exceeding seven years, and not less than two years, or to be imprisoned in any other gaol or place |