The Criminal Code Act 1899 - Ozcase Queensland Historical Legal ...

158 ss. 487,488 CRIMINAL CODE
It is immaterial that the thing forged is incomplete, or does not
purport to be a document, writing, or seal, which would be binding in
law for any particular purpose, if it is so made, and is of such a kind, as
to indicate that it was intended to be used or acted upon.
487. Certain Matters Immaterial. In the case of an offence which involves
the forging or uttering of a document or writing relating to the payment
of money, or to the delivery or transfer of any property, or to the
creation or performance of any obligation, it is immaterial in what
country the money or property is, or purports to be, payable, deliverable,
or transferable, or the obligation is, or purports to be, to be performed;
and, if the money or the property purports to be payable, deliverable, or
transferable, or the obligation purports to be an obligation to be per-
formed, in some country out of Queensland, it is immaterial whether the
document or writing is under seal or not.
XLIX-PUNISHMENT OF FORGERY AND LIKE OFFENCES
CHAPTER
ent of Forgery in d;e@eral. Any person who forges any
document, writing, or seal is guilty of an offence which, unless otherwise
stated, is a crime, and he is liable, if no other punishment is provided,
to imprisonment with hard labour for three years.
PUNISHMENT IN SPECIAL CASES
s, etc. If the thing forged-
(a) Purports to be, or is intended by the offender to be under.
stood to be or to be used as, the great seal of the United
Kingdom or of Queensland, or Her Majesty’s privy seal, or
any privy signet of Her Majesty, or Her Majesty’s royal sign
manual, or the seal of the Governor, or any public seal
lawfully appointed to be used for authenticating an act of
State in any part of Her Majesty’s Dominions; or
(b) Is a document having on it or aExed to it any such seal,
signet, or sign manual? or anything which purports to be,
or is intended by the offender to be understood to be, any
such seal, signet, or sign manual;
the offender is liable to im nment with hard labour for life.
11. Securities, Titles,
sters, etc. If the thing forged purports to
be, or is intended by the offender to be understood to be or to be used
as, any of the things following, that is to say,-
(a) A document which is evidence of title to any portion of
the public debt of any of Her Majesty’s Dominions or of
any Foreign State, or to any dividend or interest payable
in respect of any such debt, or a transfer or assignment of
any such document, or a receipt or certificate for any interest
or money payable or accruing on or in respect of any such
public debt;
(b) A transfer or assignment of a share in any corporation,
company, or society, whether domestic or foreign, or of any
share or interest in the capital stock of any such corporation,
company, or society, or in the debt of any such corporation,
company, or society, or a receipt or certificate for any interest
or money payable or accruing on or in respect of any such
share, interest, or debt;