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109. C Of Forgery. Definition
Difference between Forgery and Counterfeiting. nature of any of those which are commonly employed to answer
the purpose of discourse, it may be counterfeiting but it is not
Forgery. Thus making on any metallic substance silver or not
silver, a mark with intent that it shall pass for a mark
that ought by law to be made on silver to distinguish it
from other metallic substances, is Forgery; and this although
the mark be of such a figure as, upon a person who were
acquainted with the mark that according to Law ought to
be upon Silver, could not, for want of resemblance, pass for
such a mark. but making a metallic composition with
intent that is shall pass for silver, but without any such
mark, is not Forgery. It is only <add>an act of imitation at large which may or may not be converted to what or other pernicious purposes.</add>
2. Example. Import of a Mark on Silver Plate. The import of the discourse signified by a mark
of this sort impressed <add>impressed or otherwise superinduced upon Silver</add> is as follows: "I the proper Officer in this behalf
do, by causing this mark to be impressed, declare that
the substance on which it is impressed is silver of a certain
fineness as prescribed by Law."
3. Of a Mark on Stampt Paper. So in the case of Stampt Paper, where the Stamp is required
to be affixed for the purpose of collecting a tax: the import
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Identifier: | JB/071/087/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 71. |
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not numbered |
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071 |
penal code |
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087 |
of forgery |
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001 |
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copy/fair copy sheet |
4 |
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recto |
f109 / f110 / f111 / f112 |
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[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown motif]]] |
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caroline fox |
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23490 |
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