The statutes of the province of Upper Canada [1792-1831]; together with such British statutes, ordinances of Quebec, and proclamations, as relate to the said province.

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1831
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Credit: The statutes of the province of Upper Canada [1792-1831]; together with such British statutes, ordinances of Quebec, and proclamations, as relate to the said province. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    any false or counterfeit money, counterfeited to any of the gold or silver coins of Great Britain, Portugal, the United States of America, Spain, or France, as hereinbefore speci- fied, or to any of the higher or lower denominations thereof, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, and shall be thereof convicted, such person so offending shall suffer one year’s imprisonment, and shall also be set in and upon the pillory for the space of one hour, in some public and conspicuous place; and if the same person shall afterwards offend a second time, in uttering or tendering in payment any such false or counterfeit money as aforesaid, knowing the same to be so, and shall be convicted of such second offence, he or she shall be, and is hereby adjudged to be, guilty of felony without benefit of clergy. V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person or persons who shall after the passing of this act, import or bring, or cause to be imported or brought, into this province, any false or counterfeit brass or copper money, in order to sell or pass away the same, knowing the same to be false and counterfeit, every such person shall, for every such offence, besides forfeiting the same, suffer imprisonment at the discretion of the justice or justices, judge or judges, of the court of his Majesty’s bench, or oyer and terminer, before whom such person or persons shall be tried and convicted : Provided always, That such imprisonment shall not exceed twelve calendar months. VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all such false or coun- terfeit brass or copper money may be seized by any person having a warrant from a justice of the peace for that purpose, and shall be broken or defaced in open court, after being found to be false or counterfeit, or in presence of a justice of the peace, and one moiety shall then belong to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, to be applied to the public uses of this province, and the support of the civil government thereof, the due application of which shall be accounted for to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, through the commis- sioners of his Majesty’s treasury, for the time being, in such manner and form as his Majesty shall direct; and the other moiety thereof shall belong to the person who shall have seized and prosecuted for the same. VII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person shall be obliged to receive at any one payment more than the sum of one shilling currency of this province, in copper money. VIII. [Repealed by 49th Geo. Ill, c 8, s 1.] IX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person or persons to whom any gold, silver, or copper money shall be tendered in payment, any piece whereof shall by the stamp, impression, color, or weight thereof, afford reason to suspect that the same, or any piece thereof, is false and counterfeit, such person or persons to whom the same is presented, may cut, break, or deface every such piece, and if any piece so cut, broken, or defaced, shall be found to be false and counterfeit, the person tendering such false and counterfeit money shall bear the loss thereof; but if the same shall be found to be good and lawful money, the person that cut, broke, or defaced the same, shall receive the same at the rate it was coined for. X. And if any question shall arise whether any piece so cut, broken, or defaced, be false or counterfeit, it shall be determined by a justice of the peace, who, if he shall have any doubts touching the same, may summon three indifferent persons to give their opinion thereon, whose opinions, or the majority thereof, shall be final. XI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any false or counter- feit gold or silver coin shall be produced in any court of justice in this province, the judges shall cause the same to be cut in pieces in open court, or in the presence of a justice of the peace, and there be delivered to or for the person or persons to whom it belongs. XII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passing of this act, the act or ordinance made in the seventeenth year of his Majesty’s reign, entitled, “ An ordinance for regulating the currency of the province,” be, and the same is hereby repealed. and counterfoil money knowingly. A 6econd offence to bo deemed felony. Punishment for import- ing false or counterfeit brass or copper money to sell or pass away. Sueli brass or copper money to be seized and defaced, and one moie- ty thereof to belong to his Majesty, and the other to the informer. Tender in copper mo- ney limited to Is. at one payment. After the first of June, 1797, the gold coins, in payments exceeding £50 shall be weighed in bulk if either of the parties require it. Suspected pieces of money may be broken, cut, or defaced. By whom lhe loss axi- sing thereby shall be borne. Decision of questions arising thereupon. Counterfeit gold or sil- ver coin, produced in a court of justice, how disposed of. Repeal of ordinance 17th Geo. Ill, for regu- lating the currency. Chapter II. An act to amend certain parts of an act, entitled, “ An act for the regulation of juries” and a certain other act, entitled, “ An act to establish a superior court of civil and criminal jurisdiction, and to regulate the court of appeal.” [Passed June 3, 1796.] of the legislative council and assembly of the province of Upper Canada, constituted and
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