Making or having in possession paper or implements for forgery

Every person who without lawful authority or excuse (the proof whereof shall lie on the accused)– (a) makes, uses or knowingly has in his custody or possession any paper intended to resemble and pass as the special paper used in the manufacture of currency notes; (b) makes, uses or knowingly has in his custody or possession, any frame, mould or instrument for making such paper, or for producing in or on such paper any words, figures, letters, marks, lines or devices peculiar to and used in or on any such paper; (c) engraves or in anywise makes upon any plate, wood, stone or other material, any words, figures, letters, marks, lines or devices, the print whereof resembles in whole or in part any words, figures, letters, marks, lines or devices peculiar to and used in or on any (d) uses or knowingly has in his custody or possession any plate, wood, stone, or other material, upon which any such words, figures, letters, marks, lines or devices have been engraved or in anywise made as aforesaid; 135 (e) uses or knowingly has in his custody or possession any paper upon which any such words, figures, letters, marks, lines or devices have been printed or in anywise made as aforesaid, commits an offence, and on conviction thereof be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years. hallmarks.