Forgery Act 1837

The Forgery Act 1837[1]

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[2]
Text of statute as originally enacted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 It has been repealed.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.[3]

The preamble referred to the following Acts:

See also

References

  1. ↑ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. ↑ The Forgery Act 1837, section 5
  3. ↑ http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/isbc/bps1837.html

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