Section 420: Obtaining execution of a security by false pretences

Any person who by any false pretence, and with intent to defraud, induces any person
to execute, make, accept, endorse, alter, or destroy, the whole or any part of any
valuable security, or to write, impress, or affix, any name or seal upon or to any paper
or parchment in order that it may be afterwards made or converted into or used or
dealt with as a valuable security, is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for
three years.
The offender cannot be arrested without warrant unless found committing the offence.