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To counterfeit instrument or punch,
or have in possession, knowing same to be counterfeited, or imitate impression,
or transpose or remove
or possess, or exchange or export such manufacture, knowing it,
transportation 7 years, or fined or imprisoned.
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XXVIII. And be it further enacted, That if any person from and after the said first day of June, one thousand seven hundred and eighty four, shall counterfeit, or cause to be counterfeited, any stamping instrument or punch, used or to be used in pursuance of this act, by any maker or makers of any gold wares, or by any warden or wardens, or deputy warden or deputy wardens, or assayer or assayers of either of the said assay-offices respectively, or shall have in his or her possession such counterfeit stamping instrument or punch, knowing the same to be counterfeited, or shall on any piece or pieces of gold, or of any kind of metal, or of any mixed metals, or of any composition containing any metal or metals of any kinds whatever, counterfeit or imitate, or cause to be counterfeited or imitated, in any way whatever, any mark, stamp, or punch, or any impression of any mark, stamp, or punch made, or to be made in pursuance of this act, by any maker or makers of any gold wares, or by the warden or wardens, or deputy warden or deputy wardens, or assayer or assayers of either of the said assay-offices respectively, or shall transpose or remove, or cause to be transposed or removed from one piece of gold manufacture to another, or from any piece of gold manufacture to any manufacture or manufactures made of any kind of metal, or of any mixed metals, or of any composition containing any metal or metals of any kind whatever, any mark, or stamp, or any impression of any mark, stamp, or punch, made, or to be made on any manufacture of gold in pursuance of this act, by any maker or makers of gold wares, or by the warden or wardens, or deputy warden or deputy wardens, or assayer or assayers of either of the said assay-offices respectively, or shall have in his or her possession, shall sell, or expose to sale, shall exchange or expose to be exchanged, shall export, or shall put or cause to be put on board any ship or vessel, with intent to export out of this kingdom, any manufacture made of gold, or of any kind of metal, or of any mixed metals, or of any composition containing any metal or metals of any kind whatever, upon which such counterfeited or imitated mark, stamp, or impression shall have been made as aforesaid, or to which such real mark, stamp, or impression shall have been transposed or removed as aforesaid, knowing such mark, stamp, or impression to have been counterfeited or imitated as aforesaid, or such real mark, stamp, or impression to have been transposed or removed as aforesaid, every such person being lawfully convicted of such offence or offences respectively, shall be transported to some of his Majesty's colonies, plantations, or settlements in Asia, Africa, or America, for seven years, or fined in such sum, and confined for such time as shall seem meet to the judge before whom such person shall be convicted.
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