Illegal dealings in documents relating to pay, pensions, mobilization, etc

(1) Any person who– (a) as a pledge or a security for a debt; or (b) with a view to obtaining payment from the person entitled thereto of a debt due either to himself or to any other person, receives, detains or has in his possession any official document issued in connection with the payment to any person of any pay, pension, allowance, gratuity or other payment payable in respect of his or her or any other person’s service in the Force, is guilty of an office against this section. (2) Any person who has in his possession without lawful authority or excuse (the proof whereof shall lie on him) any such document as aforesaid or any official document issued in connection with the mobilisation or demobilisation of the Force or any member thereof, is guilty of an offence against this section. 99 (3) Any person guilty of an offence against this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and term of imprisonment. (4) For the purposes of this section, a document shall be deemed to be in the possession of a person if he or she has it under his control and whether he or she has it for his or her own use or benefit or for the use or benefit of another.