CAP. 50. warrant or order for the delivery or transfer of any goods or valuable 6 & 7 GEO. 5, thing, bought or sold note, or any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorising or purporting to authorise, either by endorse- Larceny Act, ment or by delivery, the possessor of such document to transfer or receive any goods thereby represented or therein mentioned or referred to: The expression "document of title to lands" includes any deed, map, roll, register, paper, or parchment, written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, being or containing evidence of the title, or any part of the title, to any real estate or to any interest in or out any real estate : of The expressions "mail," "mailbag," "officer of the Post Office," "postal packet," "post office," and "in course of transmission by post," shall have the same meanings in this Act as in the Post Office Act, 1908: The expression "night" means the interval between nine o'clock in the evening and six o'clock in the morning of the next succeeding day: The expression "property" includes any description of real and personal property, money, debts, and legacies, and all deeds and instruments. relating to or evidencing the title or right to any property, or giving a right to recover or receive any money or goods, and also includes not only such property as has been originally in the possession or under the control of any person, but also any property into or for which the same has been converted or exchanged, and anything acquired by such conversion or exchange, whether immediately or otherwise : The expression "trustee" means a trustee on some express trust created by some deed, will, or instrument in writing, and includes the heir, or personal representative of any such trustee, and any other person upon or to whom the duty of such trust shall have devolved or come, and also an executor and administrator, and an official receiver, assignee, liquidator, or other like officer acting under any present or future Act relating to joint stock companies or bankruptcy: The expression "valuable security" includes any writing entitling or evidencing the title of any person to any share or interest in any public stock, annuity, fund, or debt of any part of His Majesty's Dominions, or of any foreign state, or in any stock, annuity, fund, or debt of any body corporate, company, or society, whether within or without His Majesty's Dominions, or to any deposit in any bank, and also includes any scrip, debenture, bill, note, warrant, order or other security for payment of money, or any accountable receipt, release, or discharge, or any receipt or other instrument evidencing the payment of money, or the delivery of any chattel personal, and any document of title to lands or goods as herein before defined. (2) The expression "dwelling-house" does not include a building although within the same curtilage with any dwelling-house and occupied there with unless there is a communication between such building and dwelling-house, either immediate or by means of a covered and enclosed passage leading from one to the other. (3) References in this Act to any Act in force at the commencement of this Act shall be held to include a reference to that Act as amended, extended, or applied by any other Act. 1916. 6 & 7 GEO. 5, САР. 50. Larceny Act, 1916. Savings. Repeals. Extent. Short title and commencement. 47.-(1) Where, by virtue of some other Act, an offence against this Act subjects the offender to any forfeiture or disqualification, or to any penalty other than penal servitude or fine, the liability of the offender to punishment under this Act shall be in addition to and not in substitution for his liability under such other Act. (2) Where an offence against this Act is by any other Act, whether passed before or after the commencement of this Act, made punishable on summary conviction, proceedings may be taken either under such other Act or under this Act: Provided that where such an offence was at the commencement of this Act punishable only on summary conviction, it shall remain only so punishable. 48.-(1) The enactments specified in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed as to England and Ireland to the extent specified in the third column thereof. (2) For the purposes of the First Schedule to the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, the first subsection of the thirty-third section of this Act shall be substituted for the ninety-first and ninety-fifth sections of the Larceny Act, 1861. 49.-This Act shall not extend to Scotland, except as herein before otherwise expressly provided. 50.-This Act may be cited as the Larceny Act, 1916, and shall come into operation on the first day of January nineteen hundred and Extent of Repeal. Section twenty. In section twenty-six, from the beginning of the section to "simple larceny and." In section twenty-seven, the words "shall steal, or." In section twenty-eight, the words "shall steal, or." In section twenty-nine, the words "steal or." In section thirty, the words "shall steal or." Sections thirty-one and thirty-two. In section thirty-three, from "and whosover having been twice convicted" to the end of the section. In section thirty-six, from "and whosoever to the end of the section. Section thirty-eight. Sections forty to sixty-four, both inclusive. Sections sixty-seven to seventy. four, both inclusive. Sections seventy-seven to eighty one, both inclusive. Sections eighty-eight to ninety-six, both inclusive. In section ninety-eight, the words 66 except only a receiver of stolen property." Sections one hundred and Section one hundred and fourteen. In section nine, the words "either and the words "or otherwise." Section one. Sections sixteen and nineteen. 39 & 40 Vict. c. 20. The Statute Law Revision Section three. 6 & 7 GEO. 5, CAP. 50. Larceny Act, 1916. Prohibition of word Anzac in connection with any trade, &c. "ANZAC " (RESTRICTION ON TRADE USE OF WORD) ACT, 1916. 6 & 7 GEO. 5, CAP. 51. An Act to prohibit the use of the word Anzac in connection with any trade, business, calling, or profession.-[18th December 1916.] Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1.—(1) As from the commencement of this Act it shall not be lawful the use of the to use in connection with any trade, business, calling, or profession the word " Anzac," or any word closely resembling that word, without the authority of a Secretary of State, given on the request of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia or of the Dominion of New Zealand, and this prohibition shall apply notwithstanding that such word forms part of any trade mark, or of the name of any company or society or other body, which has been registered before the passing of this Act. Short title and commencement. (2) If any person acts in contravention of this Act he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, and liable on conviction under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts to a fine not exceeding ten pounds, or in the case of a second or subsequent conviction not exceeding one hundred pounds; and when a company or society is guilty of any such contravention, without prejudice to the liability of the company or society, every director, manager, secretary, or other officer of the company or society who is knowingly a party to the contravention, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and liable to the like penalty. 2. This Act may be cited as the "Anzac " (Restriction on Trade Use of Word) Act, 1916, and shall come into operation at the expiration of three months from the passing thereof. Penalties for false state ments, etc. TRADING WITH THE ENEMY AND EXPORT OF PROHIBITED 6 & 7 GEO. 5, CAP. 52. An Act to amend the law relating to Trading with the Enemy and the export of prohibited goods.-[18th December 1916.] Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : 1.-If, for the purpose of obtaining any licence, authority or approval for any transaction or matter under or in connection with any Proclamation or Act relating to trading with the enemy, or for the purpose of obtaining a licence to export any goods the exportation of which without a licence is prohibited under any Proclamation or Order in, or of, Council, 6 & 7 GEO. 5, any person (a) makes or presents any declaration or statement or representation which is false in any material particular; or (b) produces a guarantee certificate or undertaking which is false in any material particular or has not been given by the person by whom it purports to have been given, or which has been in any way altered or tampered with; he shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding five hundred pounds, or alternatively, in the case of goods for export, treble the value of the goods, or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding three months, or to both such fine and imprisonment, unless he proves that he had taken all reasonable steps to ascertain the truth of the statements made or contained in any document so presented or produced or to satisfy himself of the genuineness of the guarantee certificate or undertaking. CAP. 52. Trading with the Enemy and Export of Prohibited Goods Act, etc. 1916. 2. Where a person has been authorised under section two of the Penalty for Trading with the Enemy Act, 1914, to inspect the books and documents mutilation of of any person, firm, or company, and any book or document is found by him documents, to have been destroyed, mutilated, or falsified, any person having or having had control of such book or document shall be guilty of a misdemeanour and liable to the same punishment as if he had been guilty of trading with the enemy unless he proves that the destruction, mutilation, or falsification was not intended for the purpose of concealing any transaction which would constitute an offence of trading with the enemy. 3. For removing doubts, it is hereby declared(a) that in section two of the Customs (Exportation Restriction) Act, doubts as to 5 & 6 Geo. 5, 1915 (which relates to penalties in respect of the exportation of c. 52, s. 2, and goods in contravention of any Proclamation or Order in, or of, 39 & 40 Vict. Council, under section eight of the Customs and Inland Revenue c. 36, s. 186. Act, 1879, or the Exportation of Arms Act, 1900, as amended by any subsequent enactments), the reference to goods exported includes goods brought to any quay or other place to be shipped for exportation in the United Kingdom; and (b) that in section one hundred and eighty six of the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876 (which relates to illegal dealings in goods subject to prohibitions and restrictions), the references to prohibited or restricted goods and to any prohibitions and restrictions include (except where the context otherwise requires) reference to goods, the exportation of which is prohibited or restricted, and to prohibitions and restrictions on the export of goods. Removal of 4. This Act may be cited as the Trading with the Enemy and Export Short title. of Prohibited Goods Act, 1916. REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES ACT, 1916. 6 & 7 GEO. 5, cap. 58. An Act to provide for the registration of firms and persons carrying on business under business names and for purposes connected therewith.[22nd December 1916.] Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, |