Criminal Code (Cap. 9)

Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 174

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174. (1) Whosoever, without the special permission of the Government, shall knowingly keep in his possession counterfeite d postage stamps, dies, machines or instruments intended for the manufacture of postage stamps, s hall, on conviction, be liable to the punishment esta blished in the las t preceding article. (2) The provisions contained in t his and in the last preceding article shall also apply in regar d to any stamp denoting a rate of postage of any foreign country. Purchasing or having in possession certain paper before it has been duly stamped and issued. Added by: XVI.1900.137. Amended by: VIII.1909.9.

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