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Section 342: Making or having paper or implements for forgery

342.Making or having in possession paper or implements for forgery

Any person who, without lawful authority or excuse, the proof of which lies in him or her—

(a)makes, uses or knowingly has in his or her custody or possession any paper intended to resemble and pass as a special paper such as is provided and used for making any bank note or currency note;

(b)makes, uses or knowingly has in his or her custody or possession any frame, mould or instrument for making any paper or for producing in or on any paper any words, figures, letters, marks, lines or devices peculiar to and used in or on the paper;

(c)engraves or in any way makes upon any plate, wood, stone or other material, any words, figures, letters, marks, lines or devices, the print of which resembles in whole or in part any words, figures, letters, marks, lines or devices peculiar to and used in or on any bank note or currency note;

(d)uses or knowingly has in his or her custody or possession any plate, wood, stone or other material, upon which any words, figures, letters, marks, lines or devices have been engraved or in any way made as aforesaid; or

(e)uses or knowingly has in his or her custody or possession any paper upon which any such words, figures, letters, marks, lines or devices have been printed or in any way made as aforesaid, commits a felony and is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term of seven years.

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You must not make, use, or have any paper that looks like special banknote or currency note paper unless you have a legal excuse. You also cannot make...

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