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

162 SS. 491-497 CRIMINAL CODE
491. Uttering Cancelled Stamps. Any person who knowingly utters as
and for a valid and uncancelled stamp a stamp, or an impression of a
seal used for any purpose connected with the public revenue of Queens-
land or of any other part of Her Majesty’s dominions, which has been
already used, or which has been cancelled, is guilty. of an offence of the
same kind and is liable to the same punishment as if he had forged the
stamp or seal.
492. Procuring Execu ~~eten~es. Any person
who, by means of any lse and fraudulent re tation as to the nature,
contents, or operation, of a document, procures another to sign or execute
the document, is guilty of an offence of the same kind and is liable
to the same punishment as if he had forged the document.
ues. Any person who, with intent to
defraud-
(1) Obliterates, adds to, or alters, the crossing on a cheque;
or
(2) Knowingly utters a crossed cheque, the crossing on which
has been obliterated, added to, or altered;
is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for
seven years.
abg ~ocu~en~s ~ ~ ~ ~ Any operson u who, ~ with
intent to defraud-
(1) Without lawful authority or excuse, makes, signs, or executes,
for or in the name or on account of another person, whether
by procuration or otherwise, any document or writing; or
(2) Knowingly utters any document or writing so made, signed,
or executed, by another person;
is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for
seven years.
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495. ~ e ~ Pro a elrky n upon ~ ~ ~ o ~ Te~~a~enta~
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person who procures the delivery or payment to himself or any other
person of any property or money by virtue of any probate or letters of
administration granted upon a forged testamentary instrument, knowing
the testamentary instrument to have been forged, or upon or by virtue of
any probate or letters of administration obtained by false evidence,
knowing the grant to have been so obtained, is guilty of an offence of
the same kind and is liable to the same punishment as if he had forged
the document or thing by virtue whereof he procures the delivery or
payment.
As amended by the Criminal Code Correction of Errors Act of 1900, 64 Vic.
No. 7, s,. 1.
urchasing Forged Notes. Any person who, without lawfuI
authority or excuse, the proof of which lies on him, purchases or receives
from any person, or has in his possession, a forged bank note, whether
Nled up or in blank, knowing it to be forged, is guilty of a crime, and is
liable to imprisonment with hard labour for seven years.
497. False Certificate 0% Message received by Telegraph. Any person
who knowingly signs upon a document, which purports to be a copy of a
document the contents whereof have been received by telegraph under
the provisions of the laws authorising the transmission by telegraph of