Forgery Act 1913

Forgery Act 1913[1]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to consolidate, simplify, and amend the Law-relating to Forgery and kindred Offences.
Citation3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 27
Territorial extent United Kingdom, except Scotland
Dates
Royal assent15 August 1913
Commencement1 January 1914[2]
Other legislation
Repealed byForgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Forgery Act 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 27) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provided a definition of forgery and created several offences of forgery and uttering, while repealing numerous other offences of forgery, thereby consolidating the law of forgery. It did not extend to Scotland.

This Act was repealed for England and Wales and Northern Ireland by section 30 of, and Part I of the Schedule to, the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981.

It was repealed in the Republic of Ireland by section 3(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001.

  1. ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 22 of this Act. Due to the repeal of that section, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. ^ The Forgery Act 1913, section 22