Forgery Act 1830

Forgery Act 1830^[a]

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)
Dates
Royal assent	23 July 1830
Commencement	21 July 1830[b]
Other legislation
Amends	See § Repealed acts
Repeals/revokes	See § Repealed acts
Amended 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, 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
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Text of statute as originally enacted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. 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) abolished the death penalty for the remaining offences.

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