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Common forger or coiner defined

Cap. 101, s. 210 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) A person shall be deemed to be a common forger if he is proved to have used or abetted the use of any means specially adapted or contrived for purposes of forgery, or if he be convicted of any forgery punishable on indictment under this Title, after having been convicted of any crime punishable on indictment under this Title, or if he is proved to have had in his possession, custody or control, at the same or at different times, two or more documents which he knew to have been forged, and by means of which he purposed to commit any crimes punishable on indictment under this Title. (2) A person shall be deemed to be a common coiner if he is proved to have used or abetted the use of any means specially adapted or contrived for purposes of committing any crime with respect to current coin or currency notes, or if he is convicted of any crime with respect to current coin or currency notes, after having been convicted of any crime punishable on indictment under this Title, or if he is proved to have had in his possession, custody or control, at the same or at different times, three or more coins or currency notes which he knew to have been counterfeited or falsified, and by means of which he purposed to commit any crime punishable under this Title.
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