Forgery Act 1837

The Forgery Act 1837

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to abolish the Punishment of Death in Cases of Forgery.
Citation	7 Will 4 & 1 Vict c 84
Dates
Royal assent	17 July 1837
Commencement	1 October 1837
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Forgery Act 1837 (7 Will 4 & 1 Vict c 84) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It has been repealed.

Section 1 abolished the death penalty for the offences mentioned in the preamble. It provided instead that a person convicted of any of those offences was liable to be transported for life, or for a term not less than seven years, or to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding four years and not less than two years.

Section 3 provided that persons convicted of offences made punishable by imprisonment could be kept to hard labour and solitary confinement.

Section 4 provided that the Act did not affect the powers conferred by the 5 & 6 Will 4 c 38 or the 4 Geo 4 c 64.

This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2 of, and Part 4 of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007. It is still in force in that country.

The preamble referred to the following Acts:

• Forgery Act 1830 (1 Will 4 c 66)
• 2 & 3 Will 4 c 59
• Forgery, Abolition of Punishment of Death Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will 4 c 123)
• 2 & 3 Will 4 c 125
• 5 & 6 Will 4 c 45
• 5 & 6 Will 4 c 51

See also

• Forgery Act

References

• A Collection of the Public General Statutes Passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His Majesty King William the Fourth and the First Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1837. Queen's Printer. Pages 489 to 494.

External links

• The Forgery Act 1837, as originally enacted, from Google Books.