The Coinage Offences Act 1936 ( 26 Geo. 5. & 1 Edw. 8. c. 16) was an Act of the

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which related to

coinage offences To counterfeit means to imitate something authentic, with the intent to steal, destroy, or replace the original, for use in illegal transactions, or otherwise to deceive individuals into believing that the fake is of equal or greater value tha ...

. It was repealed by section 30 of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the

Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 The Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c 45) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which makes it illegal to make fake versions of many things, including legal documents, contracts, audio and visual recordings, and money of the Uni ...

Mode of trial

From 1967 to 1971, offences under this Act, other than offences under sections 1(1)(a), 2, 9(1), 9(2) and 10 (which created certain offences in relation to the coinage of higher denominations, to coining implements and to the removal of coining implements, coin or bullion from the Mint) were triable by courts of

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other than courts with restricted jurisdiction. From 1977, offences under sections 4(1), 5(1), 5(2), 5(3), 5(4), 5(6), 7 and 8 were triable

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Section 4

Section 4(1) created an offence of "defacing coins". Section 4(4) was repealed b
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of Schedule 1 to the

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Section 5

Section 5(1) created an offence of "

uttering Uttering is a crime involving a person with the intent to defraud that knowingly sells, publishes or passes a forged or counterfeited document. More specifically, forgery creates a falsified document and uttering is the act of knowingly passing o ...

counterfeit coin". Section 5(2) created an offence of "uttering counterfeit gold or silver coin". Section 5(3) created an offence of "possession of counterfeit gold or silver coin". Section 5(4) created an offence of "possession of counterfeit copper coin". Section 5(6) created an offence of "uttering coins etc as gold or silver coins".

Section 7

This section created an offence of "importating and exporting counterfeit coin".

Section 8

This section created an offence of "making, possessing or selling medals resembling gold or silver coin".The names used for this offence are that given in paragraph 21 of Schedule 3 to the

Criminal Law Act 1977 The Criminal Law Act 1977 (c.45) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Most of it only applies to England and Wales. It creates the offence of conspiracy in English law. It also created offences concerned with criminal trespass in p ...

Section 12

The words "penal servitude or" in section 12(1) were repealed by section 83(3) of, Part I of Schedule 10 to, the

Criminal Justice Act 1948 The Criminal Justice Act 1948 () is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Overview It is "one of the most important measures relating to the reform of the criminal law and its administration". It abolished: * penal servitude, har ...

. Sections 12(1) and 12(2)(a) were repealed by section 10(2) of, and Part III of Schedule 3 to, the

Criminal Law Act 1967 The Criminal Law Act 1967 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made some major changes to English criminal law, as part of wider liberal reforms by the Labour government elected in 1966. Most of it is still in force. Territ ...

References

Halsbury's Statutes ''Halsbury's Statutes of England and Wales'' (commonly referred to as ''Halsbury's Statutes'') provides updated texts of every Public General Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Measure of the Welsh Assembly, or Church of England Measur ...

. Third Edition. Volume 8. Page 317 et seq. *The Public General Acts and the Church Assembly Measures 1935 - 36. Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode Ltd for the King's Printer. London. Volume I. Pages 509 to 521. * The Law Commission. Criminal Law: Report on Forgery and Counterfeit Currency. Law Com 55. 1973. Paragraphs 78 to 118, at pages 32 to 45.

External links

{{UK legislation United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1936