FRAUDULENT BALANCESHEETS.
PROPOSED LEGISLATION. By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright. (Received March 3; 1i.25 p.m.) l ... London, March 3. In the House of Commons Mr. Finlay, Attorney-General, promised to introduce a Bill at the earliest opportunity relating to public companies' fraudulent balance-sheets. Under the Act of 1861 the prosecution must prove that these were intended to defraud shareholders or creditors, but the law is silent as regards attempts to induce the outside public to invest.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12210, 4 March 1903, Page 5
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