Forgery, Abolition of Punishment of Death Act 1832

Forgery, Abolition of Punishment of Death Act 1832

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for abolishing the Punishment of Death in certain Cases of Forgery.
Citation	2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 123
Introduced by	Thomas Denman MP (Commons) Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (Lords)
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	16 August 1832
Commencement	16 August 1832
Repealed	1 November 1861
Other legislation
Amends	Forgery Act 1830
Amended by	Forgery Act 1837 Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1861 Statute Law Revision Act 1874
Repealed by	Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1861
Relates to	Criminal Law Act 1827 Criminal Statutes Repeal 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 Act 1830 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Status: Repealed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Text of statute as originally enacted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, Abolition of Punishment of Death Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 123) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that for the United Kingdom the death penalty for all offences of forgery, except for forging wills and certain powers of attorney.