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Forgery of any Licence or Dublin Plate a Misdemeanor.
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XXI. If any Person shall forge or counterfeit, or shall procure to be forged, counterfeited, or resembled, any Licence to be granted as aforesaid, or any Dublin Plate by this Act directed to be provided for the Purpose of being fixed upon Hackney Carriages, Job Carriages, Stage Carriages, Carts, or Job Horses, or if any Person shall wilfully fix or place, or cause or permit or suffer to be fixed or placed, upon any Carriage, Cart, or Job Horse any such forged or counterfeited Plate as aforesaid, or if any Person shall make or cause to be made, sell, or exchange or bestow, or expose to Sale or utter, any such forged or counterfeited Plate, or if any Person shall knowingly, and without any lawful Excuse, the Proof of which shall be on the Person accused, have or be possessed of any such forged or counterfeited Plate, every Person so offending, and every Person knowingly and wilfully aiding, abetting, or assisting any Person in committing any such Offence as aforesaid, shall be adjudged guilty of a Misdemeanor, and being thereof convicted shall be punished by Imprisonment in the Common Gaol or House of Correction for a Term not exceeding Two Months, and either with or without Hard Labour, as the Court shall think fit; and it shall be lawful for any Constable or Police Officer, without Warrant, to seize and take away any such Plate, in order that the same may be produced in Evidence against such Offender, or be disposed of as the said Commissioners of Police shall think proper.
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