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CRIMINAL CODE 9<br />

CHAPTER XVI-continued<br />

Corruption of witnesses<br />

Deceiving witnesses<br />

Destroying evidence<br />

Preventing witnesses from attending<br />

Conspiracy to bring false accusation<br />

Conspiring to defeat justice<br />

Compounding crimes<br />

Compounding penal actions<br />

Advertising a reward for the return of stolen property, etc.<br />

Justices acting oppressively or when interested<br />

Delay to take person arrested before magistrate<br />

Bringing fictitious action on penal statute<br />

Inserting advertisement without authority of court<br />

Attempting to pervert justice<br />

CHAPTER XVII-ESCAPES : RESCUES: OBSTRUCT IN^<br />

OFFICERS OF COURTS<br />

Forcibly rescuing certain offenders<br />

Aiding prisoners to escape<br />

Escape by prisoner<br />

Permitting escape<br />

Harbouring escaped prisoners<br />

Rescuing insane persons<br />

Removing, etc., property under lawful seizure<br />

Obstructing officers of courts of justice<br />

CHAPTER XVIII-OFFENCES RELATING TO THE COIN<br />

Definitions<br />

Counterfeiting gold and silver coin<br />

Preparation for coining gold and silver coin<br />

Clipping<br />

Possession of clippings<br />

Uttering counterfeit gold or silver coin<br />

Repeated uttering of counterfeit current gold or silver coin, or<br />

possession of several such corn<br />

Offences after previous conviction<br />

Counterfeiting copper coin<br />

Uttering base copper coin<br />

Defacing coin by stamping words thereon<br />

Uttering foreign coin, medals, etc., as current coin with intent to<br />

defraud<br />

Exporting counterfeit coin<br />

Having possession of more than five pieces of counterfeit foreign<br />

coin<br />

Tender of defaced coin not legal tender: Penalty for uttering<br />

CHAPTER XE-OFFENCES RELATING TO POSTS<br />

164. Stopping mails<br />

165. Intercepting things sent by post or telegraph<br />

166. Tampering with things sent by post or telegraph<br />

167. Wilful misdelivery of things sent by post or telegraph<br />

168. Obtaining letters by false pretences<br />

169. Secreting letters<br />

170. Fraudulent issue of money orders and postal notes<br />

171. Fraudulent messages respecting money orders<br />

172. Sending dangerous or obscene things by post<br />

173. Retarding delivery of mails, etc.<br />

174. Obstructing mails<br />

975. Penalty on mail-coach driver or guards loitering<br />

176. Fraudulently removing stamps<br />

177. Fraudulent evasion of postal laws<br />

178. Carrying letters otherwise than by post<br />

AND TELEGRAPHS

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