Penal Code CAP 63▤
Forgery of wills, etc.
(1) Any person who forges any will, document of title to land, judicial record, power of attorney, bank note, currency note, bill…
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Penal Code CAP 63▤
General punishment for forgery
Any person who forges any document or electronic record is guilty of an offence which, unless otherwise stated, is a felony and he…
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Intent to defraud
An intent to defraud is presumed to exist if it appears that at the time when the false document was made there was in existence a…
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Making a false document
Any person makes a false document who— (a) makes a document purporting to be what in fact it is not; or (b) alters a document with…
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Document
In this division of this Code, “document” does not include a trade mark or any other sign used in connexion with articles of comme…
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Definition of forgery
Forgery is the making of a false document with intent to defraud or to deceive.
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Threats to burn, etc
Any person who, knowing the contents thereof, sends, delivers, utters or directly or indirectly causes to be received any letter o…
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Sabotage
Any person who, wilfully and unlawfully, destroys or damages, or does any act with intent to, or knowing it to be likely that such…
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Penalties for damage, etc., to railway works
Any person who— (a) wilfully damages, injures or obstructs any work, way, road, building, turnstile, gate, toll bar, fence, weighi…
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Communicating infectious diseases to animals
Any person who wilfully and unlawfully causes, or is concerned in causing or attempts to cause, any infectious disease to be commu…
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Attempts to destroy property by explosives
Any person who, unlawfully and with intent to destroy or damage any property, puts any explosive substance in any place whatever,…
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Malicious injuries to property
(1) Any person who wilfully and unlawfully destroys or damages any property is guilty of an offence, which, unless otherwise state…
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Injuring animals
Any person who wilfully and unlawfully kills, maims or wounds any animal capable of being stolen is guilty of a felony and is liab…
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Attempts to cast away vessels
Any person who attempts unlawfully to cast away or destroy a vessel, whether completed or not, or attempts unlawfully to do any ac…
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Casting away vessels
Any person who— (a) wilfully and unlawfully casts away or destroys any vessel, whether completed or not; or (b) wilfully and unlaw…
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Attempting to set fire to crops, etc.
Any person who— (a) attempts unlawfully to set fire to, cut down, destroy or seriously or permanently injure any such thing as is…
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Setting fire to crops, etc.
Any person who wilfully and unlawfully sets fire to, cuts down, destroys or seriously or permanently injures— (a) a crop of cultiv…
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Attempts to commit arson
Any person who— (a) attempts unlawfully to set fire to any such thing as is mentioned in section 332; or (b) wilfully and unlawful…
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Arson
Any person who wilfully and unlawfully sets fire to— (a) any building or structure whatever, whether completed or not; or (b) any…
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False accounting by public officer
(1) Any person who, being an officer charged with the receipt, custody or management of any part of the public revenue or property…
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Fraudulent false accounting by clerk or servant
Any person who, being a clerk or servant, or being employed or acting in the capacity of a clerk or servant, does any of the acts…
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False statements by officials of companies
Any person who, being a promoter, director, officer or auditor of a corporation or company, either existing or intended to be form…
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Fraudulent appropriation or accounting by directors or officers
Any person who— (a) being a director or officer of a corporation or company, receives or possesses himself as such of any of the p…
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Fraudulent disposal of trust property
(1) Any person who, being a trustee of any property, destroys the property with intent to defraud, or, with intent to defraud, con…
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