The Coinage (Colonial Offences) Act 1853
WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Second Year of King William the Fourth, for consolidating and amending the Laws against Offences relating to the Coin; and such Act has been amended by an Act passed in the First Year of Her Majesty, to amend the Law relative to Offences punishable by Transportation for Life: And whereas it is expedient to extend the Provisions of the said first-mentioned Act (as so amended) to Her Majesty's Colonies and Possessions abroad in which Provision may not have been ...