THE 1042 PALESTINE GAZETTE 28th September, 1936 (/)fraudulently erases or otherwise either really or apparently removes from any stamped material any name, sum, date or other matter or thing whatsoever written thereon, w i t h the intent that another use shall be made of the stamp upon such material ; o r (g) knowingly and without lawful excuse (the proof whereof shall lie upon him) has in his possession any stamp or part of a stamp which has been fraudulently cut, torn, or otherwise removed from any material, or any stamp which has been fraudulently mutilated, or any stamped material out of which any name, sum, date or other matter or thing has been fraudulently erased or otherwise really or apparently removed; is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for seven years. Uttering false documents. 340. A n y person who knowingly and fraudulently utters a false document is guilty of an offence of the same k i n d , and is liable to the same punishment as if he had forged the thing i n question. Uttering cancelled or exhausted documents. 341, A n y person who knowingly utters, as and for a subsisting and effectual document, any document which has by any lawful authority been ordered to be revoked, cancelled or suspended, or the operation of which has ceased by effluxion of time, or by death, or by the happening of any other event, is guilty of an offence of the same kind and is liable to the same punishment as if he had forged the document. Procuring execution of documents by false pretences. 342. A n y person who, by means of any false and fraudulent representations as to the nature, contents or operation of a document, procures another to sign or execute the document, is guilty of an offence of the same kind and is liable to the same punishment as if he had forged the document. Obliterating crossing on cheques. 343. (a) A n y person who, with intent to defraud:— obliterates, adds to or alters the crossing on a cheque ; or (b) knowingly utters a crossed cheque the crossing on which has been obliterated, added to or altered; is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for seven years. Making documents without authority. 344. A n y person who, with intent to defraud:— ( a ) without lawful authority or excuse, makes, signs, or executes for or i n the name or on account of another person, whether by procuration or otherwise, any document or writing ; o r - (b) knowingly utters any document or writing signed or executed, by another person; so made, is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for seven years. Demanding property upon forged testamentary instruments. 345. A n y person who procures the delivery or payment to himself or any other person of any property or money by virtue of any probate or letters of administration granted upon a forged testamentary instrument, knowing the testamentary instrument to have been forged, or upon or by virtue of any probate or letters of administration obtained by false evidence, knowing the grant to have been so obtained, is guilty of an offence of the same k i n d and is liable to the same punishment as if he had forged the document or thing by virtue whereof he procures the delivery or payment.