(1)A person who dishonestly, with a view to gain for himself or another or with intent to cause loss to another, destroys, defaces or conceals any valuable security, any will or other testamentary document or any original document of or belonging to, or filed or deposited in, any court of justice or any government department shall, on conviction on indictment, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years.
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(3)For purposes of this section,F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “valuable security” means any document creating, transferring, surrendering or releasing any right to, in or over property, or authorising the payment of money or delivery of any property, or evidencing the creation, transfer, surrender or release of any such right, or the payment of money or delivery of any property, or the satisfaction of any obligation.
F1S. 19(2) repealed (15.1.2007) by Fraud Act 2006 (c. 35), ss. 14, 15(1)(4), Sch. 1 para. 1(c)(iv), Sch. 3 (subject to transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2 para. 3); S.I. 2006/3200, art. 2
F2Words in s. 19(3) repealed (15.1.2007) by Fraud Act 2006 (c. 35), ss. 14(1)(3), 15(1)(4), Sch. 1 para. 10, Sch. 3; S.I. 2006/3200, art. 2