Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 167

167. (1) Whosoever shall forge any schedule, ticket, order or other document whatsoever, upon the presentation of which any payment may be obtained, or any delivery of goods effected, or a deposit or pledge withdrawn from any public office or from any bank or other public institution established by the Government, or recogniz ed by any public act of t he Go ve rn m ent , sh al l, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term from thirteen months to four years, with or without solitary confinement. (2) The same punishment shall apply where the crime consists in the forgery of any entry in the books of any such office, bank or other institution, relating to any such payment, goods, deposit, or pledge. (3) Where the forgery consists only in the endorsement of a genuine schedule, ticket, order, or document, the offender shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term from nine months to three years, with or without solitary confinement. Forgery of Government debentures and documents by public officers. Amended by: IV.1882.1.