Forgery Act 1830 (UK)

Forgery Act 1830

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for reducing into One Act all such Forgeries as shall henceforth be punished with Death, and for otherwise amending the Laws relative to Forgery.
Citation	11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. 66
Introduced by	Sir Robert Peel MP (Commons)
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	23 July 1830
Commencement	21 July 1830
Repealed	1 January 1979
Other legislation Amends See § Repealed enactments Repeals/revokes See § Repealed enactments Amended by Forgery, Abolition of Punishment of Death Act 1832 Forgery Act 1837 Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1861 Statute Law Revision Act 1890 Marriage Act 1949 Repealed by Parochial Registers and Records Measure 1978 Relates to Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1827 Criminal Law Act 1827 Larceny Act 1827 Malicious Injuries to Property Act 1827 Remedies against the Hundred Act 1827 Offences Against the Person Act 1828 Criminal Statutes (Ireland) Repeal Act 1828 Criminal Law (India) Act 1828 Offences Against the Person (Ireland) Act 1829 Coinage Offences Act 1832 Forgery, Abolition of Punishment of Death Act 1832 Forgery Act 1837 Accessories and Abettors Act 1861 Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1861 Larceny Act 1861 Malicious Damage Act 1861 Forgery Act 1861 Coinage Offences Act 1861 Offences Against the Person Act 1861
Status: Repealed
History of passage through Parliament
Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Forgery Act 1830 (11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. 66) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated for England and Wales all legislation imposing the death penalty for forgery (except for counterfeiting coins) into one act.

Provisions

Subsequent developments

Two years later, the Forgery, Abolition of Punishment of Death Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 123) abolished the death penalty for most of these offences.

The Forgery Act 1837 (7 Will. 4. & 1 Vict. c 84) later abolished the death penalty for the remaining offences.

The words "and be it enacted" in section 21 of the act were repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 3), which came into force on 24 December 1888.

As to trial of offences under the act at quarter sessions, see section 17 of the Central Criminal Court Act 1834 (4 & 5 Will 4 c 36).

The act was adopted in New South Wales by section 1 of the act 4 Will 4 No 4.

The whole act, except section 21, was repealed for the United Kingdom on 1 November 1861 by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 95), which came into force on 1 November 1861.

The whole act, except section 21, was repealed for New Zealand by section 3 of, and the first part of the schedule to, the Repeals Act 1878 (42 Vict No 28).

Section 21 of the act was repealed by section 26(2) of, and schedule 4 to, the Parochial Registers and Records Measure 1978 (No. 2). It is replaced by section 4 of that measure.

The whole act was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by sections 2(1) and 3(1) of, and part 4 of schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007, which came into force on 8 May 2007.

See also

• Forgery Act
• Peel's Acts

Notes

References

Bibliography

• The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 11 Geo. IV. & 1 Will. IV. 1830. King's Printer. London. 1830. Pages 403 to 418.
• Hansard
• The Law of Forgery; including the alterations effected by the late Act 1. Will. 4. c. 66. together with the Act, and Explanatory Notes, Forms of Indictments, and the Evidence in support of each Indictment. J & W T Clarke. Portugal Street, Lincoln's Inn, London. 1831.  Google Books. Said to be by John Frederick Archbold: catalogues:  New York City Bar Association; J & W T Clarke, pp 2, 3, 47 & 105.
• "The Forgery Act, 1830". Halsbury's Statutes of England. First Edition. Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd. Bell Yard, Temple Bar, London. 1930. Volume 15. Page 699.
• William Newland Welsby and Edward Beavan. Chitty's Collection of Statutes. Second Edition. S Sweet. London. Hodges and Smith. Dublin. 1851. Volume 2. Title "Criminal Law". Subtitle "Forgery and False Personation". Pages 225 to 238.
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External links

• Text of the Forgery Act 1830 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
• List of repeals and amendments in the Republic of Ireland from the Irish Statute Book