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 874 72d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 109. FEBRU ARY 21, 1933 . e~em telegraph, " SEC. 325 . Every person who knowingly and willfully sends by telegraph or telephone to any person a false or forged message, pur- porting to be from a telegraph or telephone office, or from any other person, or who willfully delivers or causes to be delivered to any person any such message falsely purporting to have been received by telegraph or telephone, or who furnishes, or conspires to furnish, or causes to be furnished to any agent, operator, or employee, to be sent b y telegra ph or tel ephone, o r to be d elivered, any such message, knowing the same to be false or forged, with the intent to deceive, injure, or defraud another, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding five years, or in jail not exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding $5,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment ." SEC. 91. That section 326 of the Penal Code of the Canal Zone is hereby amended to read as follows : fos t rmi°ing "SEC . 326 . Every person who has in his possession, or receives from another person, any forged promissory note or bank bill, or bills for pa yment of mon ey or proper ty, wit h the intent ion to pass the same or to permit, cause, or procure the same to be uttered or passed with the in tentio n to d efraud any pe rson, knowin g the same to be gorged or counterfeited, or has or keeps in his possession any blank or unfinished note or bill made in the form or similitude of any promissory note or bill for payment of money or property, made to be issued by any incorporated bank or banking company, with intention to fill up and complete such blank and unfinished note or bill, or to permit, or cause, or procure the same to be filled up and completed, in order to utter or pass the same, or to permit, or cause, or procure the same to be uttered or passed, or to defraud any person, is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment at hard labor in the penitentiary not more than five years, or by both." SEC . 91a . That section 327 of the Penal Code of the Canal Zone is hereby amended to read as follows etMakin ous uttering, a "SEc. 327 . Every person who makes, passes, utters, or publishes, with the intentio n to defr aud any o ther per son, or w ho, with the like intention, attempt s to pass , utter, or publis h or who- has in hi s pos- session, with li ke intent to utte r, pass, or pub lish, any fictit ious bill, note, or check, purporting to be the bill, note, or check or other instrument in writing for the payment of money or property of some bank, corpor~,,ion, coppartnership, or individual, when, in fact, there is no such bank, corporation, copartnership, or individual in existence, knowing the bill, note, check, or instrument in writing to be fi ctitious, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than Ave years ." Sic . 92 . That Chapter IV of Title XVI of the Penal Code of the Canal Zone is hereby amended by inserting therein after section 327 a new section numbered, 327a to read as follows etic~Kthn chBeo " SEC. 327a. Every person who for himself or as the agent or repre- defrsud. sentative of another or as an officer of a corporation, willfully, with intent to defraud, makes or draws or utters or delivers to another person any check or draft on a bank, banker, or depositary for the payment of money, knowing at the time of such making, drawing uttering, or deliv ery, that he or hi s princip al or the corporat ion ol Punishment for. which he is an officer has not sufficient funds in, or credit with such bank, ban ker, or d epositary, to meet such che ck or dra ft in ful l upon its presentation, is punishable by im risonment in jail for not more th an one ye ar or in the penit entiary f or not m ore than fourteen years . "Credit" co nstrued, The word' credit' as herein used sha ll be con strued to be an ar range-